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With the release of either console coming this week, we have noticed a trend with the market that can be examined from the latest release of the Xbox 360 to previous consoles. As the shortages were finally realized and people become increasingly hostile and bitter the auction wars began.
As soon as consoles were posted for sale on Ebay and other popular auction sites as well as private message boards the flames began. People who did not get their favorite console for personal enjoyment were pissed off. Not just upset, I mean down right “I hate this crap and want to do something about it”. So it began, they would flame the forums and raise the auction prices with phony bids to express their displeasure. They were especially hostile to the ones who got 3+ consoles and were raking in thousands of dollars from people just because they “knew the system” or “knew a guy, who knew a guy, at Best Buy.”
So I predict we will have much of the same, as we have previously seen with the release of the Wii across the pond in Japan. Unless stricter regulation is done to limit and create a sense of fairness this is going to be a rough week with the release of BOTH the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3.
Along that note I was lucky to receive a pre-order, but will NOT be selling it no matter how much they go for. I hope others do the same and avoid the greed.
The dude abides.
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