No profit for eBay touts selling PS3s

We already told you that PS3s weren’t doing too well on eBay on the night of the UK launch, but for the touts it seems to have gotten worse instead of better. This claim was made two hours before the UK launch of the PS3 and most of the QJ offices expected prices to rise as UK gamers actually got their £400 consoles in their hands. Apparently, we were wrong. Prices actually appear to have dropped since our last report.

Despite UK PS3 sales hitting a console record of 165,000 units in one weekend, it appears that Sony‘s stocks were in fact about right for the demand of the console, and they didn’t sell out like the touts expected them to. We can all take a valuable lesson from this and of course, profit from it. Sell-outs don’t necessarily mean high sales. The Wii sold out in the UK, but it still sold less on launch weekend than the PS3. Although this may be down to the traditional British shopping ideology: buy the brand you trust.

And yes, we know you’re just dying to ask: “What’s in it for me?” Well, about now you can pick up a PS3 on eBay.co.uk for around £ 380, that’s £ 30 less than the bargain we showed you yesterday and if you search around you may be able to find one even cheaper.

We already told you that PS3s weren’t doing too well on eBay on the night of the UK launch, but for the touts it seems to have gotten worse instead of better. This claim was made two hours before the UK launch of the PS3 and most of the QJ offices expected prices to rise as UK gamers actually got their £400 consoles in their hands. Apparently, we were wrong. Prices actually appear to have dropped since our last report.

Despite UK PS3 sales hitting a console record of 165,000 units in one weekend, it appears that Sony‘s stocks were in fact about right for the demand of the console, and they didn’t sell out like the touts expected them to. We can all take a valuable lesson from this and of course, profit from it. Sell-outs don’t necessarily mean high sales. The Wii sold out in the UK, but it still sold less on launch weekend than the PS3. Although this may be down to the traditional British shopping ideology: buy the brand you trust.

And yes, we know you’re just dying to ask: “What’s in it for me?” Well, about now you can pick up a PS3 on eBay.co.uk for around £ 380, that’s £ 30 less than the bargain we showed you yesterday and if you search around you may be able to find one even cheaper.