Goal: Get My Wii unit and launch games for free. The Plan: Wait on line at midnight sale of ps3 mega event. Retailer Circuit City has several stores with 100 Ps3 a piece. The NYC times square store is GIVING AWAY 100 units. Expect deaths. The Goal: Attain PS3, sell in parking lot for $1000. Purchase Wii on the 19th for $250 and two games. ($350 + tax). Buy gears of war with remaining money, as well as a nice steak dinner. -------------- Several people are going with me to the store. Each for the sole reason of selling the Ps3 for cold hard cash for whatever they desire. I am fairly certain that project Wii for free will succeed, but wish me luck. Details to follow. -ASSEMbler
Sounds like a fun plan, but I recommend the following alterations. Obtain PS3 in manner described, but do not sell in parking lot for $1,000. Sell on eBay for $2,000++. In the meantime, use a credit card to buy the Wii, and pay the $2350 off the card when the PS3 auction ends. Then you can buy your Wii, a nice steak dinner, GoW, AND about $1,200 worth of other neato crap (i.e. a PS3 in April when the prices are normal again).
Ebay = Paypal chargeback+no more ps3 negative $2000 + $600 for ps3. You lose $2600 no thanks. Throw in 50% chance of deadbeat bidder / ebay cancelling auctions that are exploitive. Free is free, no need to be excessively greedy now. I'll sell you mine for $1000 and you can make the extra $1000 if you like ;-)
Dude, remember that guy who got jacked during the X360 launch? just imagine what we will see with the PS3. And parking lots arent exactly "safe", specially during bussiness transactions...
I'll be at Circuit City in that very same line. I'm set on that eBay cash but it will be fun just to document the likely mob scene.
hahha first post of assembler i read in months and then such a great one! i wish you the best of luck, that plan rocks
Are the paypal chargebacks really that big of an issue? I just sold my Wii Preorder for $617 (auction ended an hour ago).
Lots of people....actually. It seems to be about the going rate right now. Don't ask me to explain it because I can't, but that doesn't mean that I won't take their money.
I had my Wii order all sorted. Number 4 on the list. Yesterday I got an email telling me the store I pre-ordered through is being allocated no units.So, on launch, I'll be shipped out 2 games and a set of Wii points, but no frickin' console! I can't believe it. No units at all. So fucking angry.
So you mean to tell me selling a Playstation 3 at a parking lot in your area is safer than a paypal chargeback?
I am going to go ahead and request that you take pictures of the insanity. You might want to watch your back, too. It's safe to assume that there will be some stupid people there doing whatever it takes to get a Playstation 3 (not "paying you $1,000" stupid, rather "clubbing you to death for your PS3" stupid).
:lol: That's what i was thinking. Hopefully you will have a crew to watch your back during the 1k transfer. Best of luck Assembler.
Yeah, please watch yourself, as there are stupid people with no morals. But also, please make a video of the transaction. You will become more of a hero than you already are.
I would suggest you to get a pair of big friends with you (if you have), and with big i mean really big - if you dont have big friends, hire two bodyguards, it will still be rentable in the end and upper the possibilities to grab one / maybe two ? PS3... Good luck anyway, go fight fiercely for us!
