Some opportunists saw the recent launch of the PlayStation 3 as a chance to make a quick $1,000. Their plan was to rough it in front of a store for days in hopes of getting one of the hard-to-find ...

Ebay didn’t like presales, but has no problem with sale of the actual consoles. https://gizmodo.com/ebay-restricts-ps3-pre-sales-215352 How much PS3s are selling ...

Perhaps expectedly, auction site salesmen have been rather presumptuous with their eBay prices after the PS3 launch in Europe, marking up consoles to as much as £600 (about $1,200)on the site.