Kingboo30
10-09-2006, 02:35 PM
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/eb-games/eb-employee-were-buying-all-our-ps3s-206183.php
My in-laws are in town from Australia and we decided to take them to the mall over the weekend. While they were traipsing about the shops I bee-lined it to EBGames to hit up the staff for Wii and PS3 info.
I'm always shocked at how blatantly obnoxious some of those guys can be. When I asked them about Playstation 3s, the manager on duty told me that every store in the chain is getting about four or five each, which means they aren't getting any. I asked him to explain and he said, while literally rubbing his hands together, "They're letting employees buy PS3s, so there won't be any left." I asked if they have to stand in line and he said no, the second we open we'll just buy them up. He did say that they can only buy one each, but I'm guessing most stories have at least five employees smart enough to know how to use Ebay.
He said that the stores are supposed to be getting about 50 Wii each. In general he seemed to be dismissing the PS3 and telling me that the Wii was the way to go.
Want a PS3? eBay is the way to go, get a job at Gamestop or simply, too bad. It's going to be obvious Gamestop are going to sell their PS3s at very high prices if this happens or that Gamestop is trying to support Sony. I don't know but either way, Sony is in a very deep hole right now. Barely any units and Gamestop is going to buy them all and sell them on eBay most likely.
My in-laws are in town from Australia and we decided to take them to the mall over the weekend. While they were traipsing about the shops I bee-lined it to EBGames to hit up the staff for Wii and PS3 info.
I'm always shocked at how blatantly obnoxious some of those guys can be. When I asked them about Playstation 3s, the manager on duty told me that every store in the chain is getting about four or five each, which means they aren't getting any. I asked him to explain and he said, while literally rubbing his hands together, "They're letting employees buy PS3s, so there won't be any left." I asked if they have to stand in line and he said no, the second we open we'll just buy them up. He did say that they can only buy one each, but I'm guessing most stories have at least five employees smart enough to know how to use Ebay.
He said that the stores are supposed to be getting about 50 Wii each. In general he seemed to be dismissing the PS3 and telling me that the Wii was the way to go.
Want a PS3? eBay is the way to go, get a job at Gamestop or simply, too bad. It's going to be obvious Gamestop are going to sell their PS3s at very high prices if this happens or that Gamestop is trying to support Sony. I don't know but either way, Sony is in a very deep hole right now. Barely any units and Gamestop is going to buy them all and sell them on eBay most likely.