Owned by Ebay

[ilkman]

Only $12,000? Pathetic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Microsoft-X...236609466QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Lets go a little higher.


In my own personal opinion, this is all extremely rediculous. I understand the hype and desire, but this goes way beyond that. Who in their right mind would pay 18k for a stupid machine that will be quite easily obtainable and probably be cheaper then the launch price in a years time? Idiots the lot of them!!!

 

[Defeat]

>There are more idiots in this world than i imagined.

 

[Big-Al]

I can't wait to see the look on their face when the novelty of their shiny new console wears off.

yep
and they don't even have any games

 

[tool]

I'm wondering if all of these crashes and such are due to people putting their console on the carpet.

Either that or its the samething as the "disc popping out of PSP" claims that so many people made. People trying to purposely cause their systems to have a certain result. That or just general stupidity.

 

[Airmoran]

People who lay down 12k on a game console are probably the same kind of people who blow 20k on a martini; they've got enough disposable income out their asses to not notice the 12k missing.

So yeah... more power to the seller. Not like the buyer needed the money.

 

[tool]

And I thought it was obvious that almost all of these $1,000+ auctions for a 360 were scams? Come on people get real here...

 

[Big-Al]

ok... 1 game.

how do people afford such stuff?

 

[JaFO]

It wouldn't be a Microsoft-product if it didn't have a BSOD at launch

/me thinks that the reported problems are genuine, but the internet turns those flies into really huge elifaunts (ie : lots of copy&paste newsites reporting the same incident without checking its background and *poof* another french duck).

// ---
People that play name-games so they can sell junk should be shot ( ha ha 'xbox water' ooh yeah funny ... not! ).

 

[Original9]

Did the first xbox have problems with its initial release?

 

[MrSmiles]

the fine print

*I take no responsibility for the quality of the contents of the bottle- I received it at e3 2005. I have not opened or tampered with it in any way*

 

[ALG]

A couple buddies from my floor camped out overnight to get a couple of these. With the wonders of ebay they kept one of them, and made a couple hundred dollars in the process.

 

[[UM]theswarm]

A friend of mine waited outside Best Buy from 6 PM to 10 AM to get his, 16 hours in the 35* F rain and no umbrella or anything. He did the same thing with Halo 2, but without the bad weather. Skipped school both times to play it. Neurotic? Probably.

 

[Twisted Metal]

how do people afford such stuff?

They don't, both the links in this thread are fake. Look at the bid history, most of the bids are from newly registered users with 0 feedback rating. They are purposely bidding the price up to ridiculous amounts for fun.

 

[tool]

twisted metal is smart after all!

 

[MrSmiles]

i thought it was odd how it said
1 DAY AUCTION!!!!

and then said

YOU MUST PAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE

 

[ilkman]

They don't, both the links in this thread are fake. Look at the bid history, most of the bids are from newly registered users with 0 feedback rating. They are purposely bidding the price up to ridiculous amounts for fun.

I figured as much. No idiot in their right mind would pay $18k or even $12k for a video game system. Only the rich can afford that, and chances are if you are smart enough to become rich enough to afford that you have half a brain to see through the idiocy of it all.

 

[Phopojijo]

I figured as much. No idiot in their right mind would pay $18k or even $12k for a video game system. Only the rich can afford that, and chances are if you are smart enough to become rich enough to afford that you have half a brain to see through the idiocy of it all.

You'd think that... seen a few auction go crazy high though. "An authentic WWI flag" (bambo stick with a white pillow case attached to it) went for like... 51,000$ before (2-3 years ago)

 

[tool]

Even though stores are saying they won't have new shipments in until Janurary, in reality they don't really know. Infact everyone should be restocked by black friday and have plenty of new xbox 360's this weekend.

 

[Jackal]

Did you guys hear about the smashing Xbox360? I'll look for the link.

Anyways, some guys waited in line for like 50 hours, got their xbox360s, and one of there buddys came in and smashed the xbox360s they had just bought with a sledge hammer. RIGHT in front of everyone too. ROFL.

www.smashmyxbox.com Site has been flooded recently, so it may be down and the video may not load either.

November 22nd 2005 - 10am - Well, after 55 hours of pain, cold, and suffering, we have got our Xbox 360 and successfully smashed it outside Best Buy minutes later, with a large sledgehammer in front of a few Xbox Fanboys who just bought brand new 360s. Short video clip will be posted tomorrow (23rd) and the longer documentary style one will be posted with the next few days. For now, enjoy these pictures!

 

[GotBeer?]

Did you guys hear about the smashing Xbox360? I'll look for the link.

Anyways, some guys waited in line for like 50 hours, got their xbox360s, and one of there buddys came in and smashed the xbox360s they had just bought with a sledge hammer. RIGHT in front of everyone too. ROFL.

The funniest (saddest) part is that they actually waited in line for 2 days and spent $400 of donated money just to break the freakin' thing. Genius.