PS3 Nuttiness Continued...

That curiosity thing continued... I checked out some more of those PS3 eBay auctions. Guess what I found! This auction - the nuttiness (or scammage) continues. It looks like our friend "n.o.bound" found someone else to overpay, but not only that - check out that Seller's feedback. They're brand new to eBay and used a ton of "Buy It Now" auctions (at $1.00 or less) to pop up that feedback rating in a hurry. I wonder if this is a scammer scamming another scammer... Consider the first shoe dropped.

November 17th and the days to follow shall be quite interesting...

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PS3 Nuttiness

I was checking the stuff I've got on sale at eBay.com and remembered that eBay had set some specific restrictions on PS3 pre-order auctions. So what do I do? I pop "PS3" into the search field and hit enter.

HOLY SCMOLY! There are people paying $1,800.00 for a PS3 - that's not even available yet?!?!?!? The thing retails for $600.00! Now that's what I call a margin of profit! "Curiosity killed the cat" or so the saying goes - for me it should be "curiosity caused hours of thoughtless web-surfing...." I decided to see what kind of people were doing the bidding. This auction is one that I decided to watch as it ended. It shot from $1,674.00 to $1,800.00 in just the last minute. What was most interesting about the auction was the high bidder at $1,674.00 - it was the eBayer who goes by "n.o.bound". I noticed that they only had a 3 for rating (equals to a net of 3 unique positive feedbacks) but.... 2 of the positive feedbacks were for other PS3 pre-order auction wins. WHAT?!?!? Let me get this straight. You've already won and paid for two PS3 auctions - paying a total of over $3,000.00 for something that retails for $1,200.00 - and you're bidding for more?!?!? Ok, either this eBayer has too much money and not enough gray matter *or* I smell a scam...

And to think, I was considering cashing in on the PS3 pre-order madness too. Good thing I didn't meet eBay guidelines for that!

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