Nope, good on ya! If i'd pulled my finger out sooner i too would be feeling rather smug

 

 

I'm sure we're all adults. Adult enough to wait for the console to be in stock, be cheaper, have decent games release for it and have all the initial bugs/problems ironed out.

Surely?

 

If you happened to genuinely end up with a spare for some reason and you let it run on ebay and it ticked its way up to £600 through people bidding then fine, well done. If you went round to all outlets trying to buy as many as you can so that you can sell them for as much as possible then I would have to say the word "Scum" comes to mind...Because, although you can claim it is fair supply-demand, its not really as there are a limited number of suppliers...who bought up all the xboxs causing the undersupply

 

I think you can safely say that apart from some pre-orders they were all bought by shop staff and their mates or they have got dodgy deals going on. You can't tell me someone actually walked into a store on Friday and left with 6-8 360's. (which is what an awful lot of ebay sellers seem to have acquired)

 

Agreed, whether they bought them as private customers or as shop staff...my point is the same

 

Apparently 75,000 units were shipped to the UK and actual sales were 70,000. What happened to the other 5000?

 

Its called greasing the wheels. Its like most companies give out freebies to customers/pr peeps etc. When the PS1 came out every single manager at Game got 1 free !

 

My brother just bought two from UK Euro Supplies who run an advert the other day in the Scottish Sun newspaper. The had access to 1000 units for pre-xmas delivery and were only charging the retail price (inc. delivery).

Someone paying twice the retail price needs their head examined IMO.

 

Not a newspaper in common circulation in Wiltshire, and doing a Google on UK Euro Supplies is not very rewarding. Are you keeping the contact details secret just to tease everyone

 

I found out Im getting another for xmas, so mine is on the bay for the £10 less than what I paid for it.

It's upto the public now....

X Box

 

i can tell you that because me and 7 other people walked into asda and bought the 8 xboxes that they took delivery for on that day of release so nerrrrr

and Im still considering selling it on ebay lol

 

Sorry, been away. 0800 5871113 they were selling out rapidly the other day. Didn't think it was worth posting the number as I didn't think they'd be any left.

 

I'll try to keep an eye on it but am a bit crap with ebay, I'll give you what you paid for it should it not sell.

 

Thanks, passed on to interested party

 

Argos have the core systems in stock on the website (or did this morning anyway)

 

Is your signed Richard Hammond Pic in a frame on your desk yet?... <smirk mode off>

 

Argos have not got any apparently its a mistake on the website

 

go on then, heres mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=8241684585

 

Can we have a picture of you in the sexy black dress and pointy shoes, holding the playboy bag?

 

"I have now decided I'll sell it as I understand I have one for christmas which my other half has bought for me so this will be going spare and it'd be nice for someone else to have one for christmas to enjoy for themselves or as a gift to another."

Yeah, right

 

JC, you wouldnt honestly unless you swing that way off course

DW, lol well it doesnt make me sound quite as bad but to be fair Ive had my use from it, not buying another game after a week off owning it

 

Why not sell the sealed one as Im sure you will get more for an unopened one ???

 

??? I meant one person walking in and buying 8 for themselves.

 

Not actually my ebay account, it's 'fromage' account I'm abit worried about him buying that pic I must admit!

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/member.php?userid=37698

 

Nice price you got for the 360 Nevetas !!!!

 

Yep, I restricted the buyers to people with 5+ feedback and also people who didn't have paypal could not bid to avoid time wasters. Got a good bidder with a solid rating who paid immediatly with no hassles. So good job all round

 

strange, i didnt think game exsisted when the ps1 was launched??

certainly cant recall seeing one until at least 12 months after the console wars took off


Mart

 

Of course they existed, they might not have been around for the original Playstation, but definitely the PS1.

 

Looks like the market has settled, Core systems are going for £245 now, Premium is more popular but some of those aren't meeting reserve.