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    PS3 eBay Insanity Wrap Up

    We get a lot of tips from our readers who tell us about zany eBay auctions where someone's scalping their PlayStation 3 with the help of a topless girl or, say, with the help of a topless girl. They may not all be winners, but altogether, they make for a good time.

    Such as this unfortunate loser, who really ought to pay more attention to listing his $600 piece of electronics. The eBay seller listed their PS3 as a Buy It Now, which some lucky buyer picked up for $9.99 (plus the questionable $50 shipping charge). Will the seller honor it? Doubtful.

    This character decided to auction off his or her grilled cheese sandwich, which might include a PlayStation 3, for the right price.

    A miracle? Perhaps. Perhaps not. You are bidding on one grilled American cheese on whole wheat sandwich not fit for human consumption and meant for display purposes only. If winning bid is $10,000.00 U.S. Dollars or more, the winning bidder WILL receive one Sony Playstation 3 system/console bundle including Talladega Nights, and bonus Tony Hawk Project 8 skate boarding game. Seller will not be held responsable for any mold, fungus, virus, or other damages incurred by or related to grilled cheese sandwich. If winning bid qualifies for free PS3, PS3 will be shipped seperatly from sandwich, overnight and fully insured, free of charge. Playstation 3 is NIB and Factory Sealed.

    Even dumber? Someone actually dropped over $200 on an inedible sandwich.

    Here's a rough one. This poor sap was asking $100K for his PS3, which included a personal visit from the seller for changing his life. Bonus item: life long friendship. Creepy!

    I understand that asking $100,000.00 for a System that retails for $600US is a little over the top, but that is exactly the reason for doing it. Ebay has set records and made headlines since its initial debut as an Online auction forum. What I am trying to do is take it one step further.

    Without making this into a pity or sob story but to enlighten the potential buyer on myself, I am not a Millionaire or anywhere near it, this is not some scam for companies advertising needs. I am simply a 23 year old Kentucky Male with a pet Dog and a 1 bedroom apartment. I am doing this to simply give someone who has more then enough money to make this happen, who doesn't have a PS3, and who wants to change the life of one guy and his future family forever. My father left me and my little sister which i provide for as finish up college at Western Kentucky University. As for my current Ebay rating, all I can say is that I dont do this often. But given the History that will be made with this purchase, it is easy to see that the exchange will happen under many watchful eyes.

    When you help change my life I will fly out the same day to come meet you. With this being a ground breaking purchase, I think a face to face exchange of the PS3 would be in order. I will fly out as soon as the money is transfered to me you anywhere in the world.

    Unfortunately for the original owner, the highest bid was never in danger of coming close to one hundred grand.

    Also unfortunate is this auction, in which the starting bid for the PlayStation 3 is $9500. Big buy in, but it does come with a free BMW!

    But the most potentially depressing is this one, in which the seller allegedly gave the people ahead of him in line Exlax, under the pretense of being a nice guy.

    Iwent out wednesday afternoon to the local walmart to start camping out. when i got there, there were already 12 people ther so i got in line being number 13. i talked around and found out the first 6 people there had been there since monday, total hardcore nerds all planning to keep them. bragging about how only they should get the system since theyve been there the longest. how they are so dedicated and how if you dont want to do the time, you shouldnt get a system. generally being complete assholes. good for them. we had a hours to pass so we became friends and played some cards and whatnot. the 6 guys in front kept to themselves and didnt associate with the rest of us. we were cool with each other leaving the line to get food, bathroom, smoke, etc since we all knew each other and as long as they were back in 30 minutes. i was about to leave to go buy some KFC for a good number of us and when i stepped out of line, one of the nerds shouted that if i left, i would lose my spot. the other guys told him that they were vouching for me and that i was just getting food but those 6 assholes didnt care. they said i leave, i lose my spot and that was the rules and they would call the manager (they had his number) to come out and enforce it. i said whatever and stayed in line.

    a few hours later, the manager came out and told everyone that there were only going to be SEVEN available. they have them in their store and theyre not getting anymore. he told the people after # 7 they should leave if they wanted to not waste their time. me being number 13 should have left but i didnt, i wanted to stick around for a little bit more. everyone else left except me and the 7 other people that were getting it for sure. so the day goes on and i try to make friends with the nerds. i play mario kart on the ds with them and talk to them about the games they were getting. about an hour or 2 later, i tell im gonnna head home since im 8 in line and theres only 7 ps3s. one of them made some stupid joke about if i leave the line then i aint getting back in!! har har. so as im about to leave, i tell them im going to the vons next door and if any of them wanted any food or coffee and id bring it back to them. one of them said yea and all the rest like sheep followed and said yes too. they were gonna give me money but i told them it was on me since theyve been out here since monday. the 7th guy in line wanted some food and coffee and i told him id buy some for him also.

    so i go to vons and buy 8 coffees, some food, and some x-lax laxatives. i bring it to my car and put some laxatives in 6 of the coffees and seperate them from mine and #7s. i pull back to walmart and bring all the drinks and food upfront. i give #7 his stuff and then the coffees with laxatives to the 6 nerds annd wish them good luck and go back to my car. i park it around the corner so i can still see them.

    about 30 minutes later, #2 and 3 in line get up and it seemed like they were yelling to the other nerds. they both ran into walmart. seconds later (i guess all nerds have the same biology) #5 gets up and runs across the parking lot and into the trees and bushes somewhere. #1 is scrounging for this portapotty type thing he'd brought with him but he is squirting everywhere and all over his pants and their sleeping bags. he runs into walmart. at this time, i start my car and drive back to the walmart to claim my spot in line. when i get there #4 and 6 are gone but i dont know where. #7 is laughing his ass off so hard and i just smile at him. i call up 5 of the other people that i had made friends with that were in line with me ( i had their phone numbers cause i was gonne buy to food for everyone) and told them to get back to the walmart ASAP and get in line. Meanwhile, me and #7 threw all their shit into the parking lot and i claimed my spot as #1, him as #2. 4 and the people i had called arrived and got in line just as 1 of the nerds came running back and got #7. he started yelling saying they need their spots back. we all told them to fuck off, out of spot, out of line. it was all of us against him so he didnt say shit. the nerds came back and tried to start some shit but we just laughed, we told them it was their rule and to go fuck themselves and clean the shit off their pants. the called security and security came. security man was like WTF is that fuckin smell and looked at the nerds with shit all of them and kicked them off the grounds screaming LMAO. so that is how i got my ps3.

    Reeks of bullshit, but we've been witness to some incredible lows in humanity over the past week. Sigh... What a world. Thanks to everyone who sent these in!

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