eBay, the Playstation 3 and pure greed

Supply and demand. The basic facts of life in the capitalist economy.

This November expect to see capitalism in full effect on the internet auction site eBay.

As I have mentioned before I expect the PlayStation 3 to rapidly sell out on launch date, unfortunately these 500,000 consoles will not find their way in to the hands of eager fans ready to play the next generation games, or watch next generation cinema.

A sizeable proportion will see this as an opportunity to make a pretty penny or two.

A thread on a PS3 forum was dedicated to the ’sale of the century’. Here are a selection of some comments:

• Im going to be getting one..or more…and Im not keeping any of them.

• Supply and demand along with some truly stupid and uninformed rich folks equals opportunity. I plan to sell 5-7 units like I did the 360. Not crazy profit margins but enough to get mine and all the games/accessories for free. I also want to purchase a 1080p display so hopefully the profit margins will be a little higher.

• If the people that did not get one put more effort into it they would be the ones getting one. Only reason people dont get one is they dont prepare enough put enough effort into it and then cry later on b/c they dont have a system. If someone has a system and not you its b/c he got inline before you or per ordered his before you. The only one to blame is yourself, not the guy selling the PS3 on Ebay that you “think” you were intitled to. Just b/c somoene is a gamer does not give them presidence as far as getting a system over anyone else.

• i am getting 2-3 systems on hte launch day, it is allredy in plan will wait 13h in advanced with my friends. it tottal we will get abotu 6-8 systesm form ebay selling. i have no problem selling it on ebay, not my problem some child was lazy to wait on line

Apologies for some of the spelling in these above posts. I wouldn’t trust any of them to put the stamp on the package anyway.

These are the kind of people who would double the price of food in a famine, start bottling water to sell to flood victims.

One word of warning for those who believe the road to eBay is paved with gold, and a reminder for those who dare to let themselves get fleeced on eBay by some spotty 10 year old – Sony intend on continuing production lines at a much better rate than Microsoft could manage with the Xbox 360. Around a million units every 19 days is Sony’s estimates for ongoing production.

IF you don’t get lucky on day one, then relax – take a break – keep reading this blog as we assess the carnage (!) – your Playstation 3 will be with you soon – at the standard RRP saving you money for all the extra goodies you can buy.

Don’t be an eBay sell-out. You’re a long time in the afterlife remember…!