Japanese auction sites flooded with ps3s, selling for less then retail

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Terrak
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Japanese auction sites flooded with ps3s, selling for less then retail - Nov 17, 2006 06:02
With some ps3s fetching thousands and even 10 of thousands of dollars on ebay the story is the exact opposite in the land of the rising sun.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/business/AS_TEC_Japan_PlayStation.php



But some of the 4,000 PlayStation 3 consoles up for auction on Yahoo! Japan Wednesday were downright bargains. Some had game software thrown in with the machine, selling near the retail price of about 60,000 yen (US$510; €400) for the more expensive model with a 60-gigabyte hard drive, and 50,000 yen (US$420; €330) for the cheaper model.


DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Byakko
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RE: Japanese auction sites flooded with ps3s, selling for less then retail - Nov 18, 2006 01:38
Meh, they don' t know how to do business

Or are too darn honorable to extort!
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RE: Japanese auction sites flooded with ps3s, selling for less then retail - Nov 18, 2006 01:57
Oh DAMN!! I am SO tempted to check out one of those auctions!!


Makes me wonder how much a copy of Radiant Silvergun goes for on those Japanese auction sites compared to Ebay stupid-high rip-off prices..
< Message edited by Terry Bogard -- 17 Nov 06 17:58:55 >
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