Shelbyville. He said it was odd there was no one in line. I called a few close to me in Louisville, and one of them flat out told me to call Shelbyville that they had a few left the last they heard. Sure enough. I bet more than a few of them went to people that were told to go there from other stores. I took my lunch break a few minutes early and headed out.

Speaking of the ebay thing, I bet more than half of the initial shipment ends up on ebay. Too many people learned from the 360.

Thanks for the info. If I had known last night (for the first time in probably a year - I didn't turn on my computer at home all night to even check email or do a quick run around the web) I probably would have gone 30 miles to the closest EB to me (on Dixie Highway in Louisville near Value City and Target) this morning - since my store credit is at EB and still can't be used at Gamestop. Oh well, like I said, I gave the local Gamestop in E-Town a try and they had sold out immediately. [rationalization/sour grapes] I haven't played my 360 in two weeks, my DS in a month, or my PSP in about 4 months - so maybe I don't need a PS3 on launch day since I'm getting a Wii two days later. ;)

I wonder if this small sample size is indicative of the entire launch supply:

No one is buying PS3's to play them!

I hope these ebayers dont make a killing. Mostly because im too jealous and lazy to be an ebayer :p

Well, I got my pre-order in at Gamestop. Was there at about 8am and there was 4 guys in line ahead of me. Now, it's time to start shopping for a new house. :P

Got to Gamestop at Ingram at 8:45 and eventually got the #3 ticket. Put a deposit on the premium and Resistance: FoM. Afterwards, I went to the mall next door and walked to EB. Surprisingly, they weren't sold out and I got the 3rd last system order. Walking back through the mall, I stopped by FYE and checked out their preorders. The guy said that there were ~20 preorders, so I wouldn't be getting it in the 1st wave, but I ordered one anyways.

All-in-all, a good day.

One already went for a Buy it now price of $1,250. About a half dozen have been listed but susequently pulled by ebay.

Why are they getting pulled?

is it wrong that I wish all the ebay hoarders would die the most painful death ever known to man?

just think, if there was some type of law that stated that anything that was purchased could not be sold until 90 days after the purchase date those who wanted this to KEEP would have no issues getting one for the RETAIL price and not the "pay out your ass" price of 3-4x as much.


now that that's out of my system I didn't do the in-store preorder thing. like I said earlier, I'll try a few stores on release day or maybe I'll even preorder one of those $1200.00 or whatever bundles if someone has one. my guess is that there will be some type of "get everything but the kitchen sink" bundle.

There is a ebay rule(hardly enforced before today) about pre-selling an item more than 30 days before you can ship it. Consequence is being banned. That is likely what is happening.

All in all probably a dozen have popped up and disappered with the user being banned. There is one still alive though from a power seller, 1000+ feeback and at 100%. Not sure why that guy is alive and kickin.

The big kicker is this, they have a problem with people selling PS3's before the launch but the million bootleg DVD and CD auctions they host they are okay with. Right.

The "Buy it Now only" PS3 auction listings are being closed but should be allowed on October 17th.

7 day auction listings should be allowed as of today. Most sellers prefer to sell using Buy It Now only to prevent disgruntled buyers from submitting fake bids in order to sabotage the auction.

Here's ebay's policy:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/pre-sale.html

Don't hate the seller. It's the buyer you should be pissed at. The PS3 isn't worth more than retail. People willing to pay double and triple are just plain stupid.

I hate both the sellers who buy up as many consoles as they can which takes away from everyone else as well as the asshats who pay the inflated prices. I see right now there are a few PS3s for sale with the low price of $1400.00+ and one for the grand prize of shithead sellers for $10,000.00.

link to the shithead - http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation...QQcmdZViewItem

This is priceless:

Exactly.

It is Darwinism at work. I don't feel sorry for the people that are too impatient and/or stupid to wait until Feb/March when PS3s will be readily available in stores.

If buyers didn't buy, then the ebay hoarding market would dry up. The hoarders would be stuck with a $600 machine they don't want and have to return it to the store they bought it from. Then the people that really want a PS3 could go to the store and buy it without paying the hoarder's exorbitant prices.

The hoarding only exists because the buyers let it. If the buyers are too stupid to realize that, then I say fuck 'em. Let them pay an arm and leg for their oh so precious video game machine. No mercy for the stupid says Darwin. :)

Got mine too. A friend and I were 6th and 7th in line.

I feel bad about the ebayers, but honestly, I'm doing it too. It's not like it didn't take some energy. It's a pretty big hassle. But the profit is just too good to pass up.

I just hope big name stars like Snoop Dogg don't get one for free from Sony. I want him specifically to pay more on ebay. I don't know why, I just do.

Well i missed out, been offline the past few days. So any official prices on the PS3 systems? And what kind of bundles? Did they have a basic one?

Same deal, $499 for the regular, $599 for the premium. In-store preorders, you told them which one you want and that's the one you'll get. No fixed bundles. $100 down.

Will BEst buy and circuit city beselling cores and bundles,or just bundles? All i want is the core system.

It hasn't been announced, but the big box stores rarely do forced bundles (with the exception of toys R us).

Douche of the year?

http://www.usol.com/~cable/Pics/free...2/cheapps3.jpg

That phone number is going to getting spammed big time. And he deserves it.

lol. no shit

Well, this was certainly an interesting morning.

Got to work at 8:30 AM (normal for opening my store), and already had two people in line. I'm not at all a morning person, so I didn't even say hi. I always play a movie or TV show in the morning while I open so I don't have to hear the mall music, and today it was The X-Files, so I'm guessing the people who camped out got to hear two episodes of The X-Files for their trouble. :lol:

Anyway, around 9:15 one of the other managers in the area calls me and asks what my situation is like. I tell him I only have a few people outside, and he says he's going to send some people my way, since he opened at 9 and he's already out.

I get some chores done and open 10 minutes early. Out of the blue, a dozen people get into line. And immediately the phone starts ringing. I must have answered the phone five times during the first transaction. But I had enough for everyone but the last guy. He got all pissed at me, but there's nothing else I could do. As I was ringing up the second to last customer, another lady ran in, big grin on her face, ready to reserve, and I told her, "If you're here for the PS3, we're done taking orders." But she understood. I had a bunch of people I had never seen before there, so who knows how many of them are selling them on Ebay, but it's not my job to turn people away because I think they might be trying to make an easy buck.

I've spent the rest of the day telling people that we're out of reserves. One guy comes in, asks when we're doing reserves, and I told him we were done. His eyes bug out and he says, "DONE? What? I've been asking you guys every day!" He then started swearing like a sailor even though there was a group of children in front of him. What a jackass.