PS3 Going for $18 Million on Yahoo Japanese Auctions [Archive]

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bapenguin

11-12-2006, 05:54 AM

WHAT!?!? I thought two thousand dollars would be a lot for a PS3, but 18 Meeeeelion dollars!?!?!?!

Hit up this link (http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/search?p=ps3&f=0x2&alocale=0jp&apg=1&s1=cbids&o1=d&mode=2&auccat=0) to see the auctions.

I'm guessing the people in Japan are just having fun, hell the 18 Million dollar PS3 has 155 bids on it! I guess that's what happens when there's only 80k PS3s at launch.

Thanks to theJack for the submission.

Heretic Machine

11-12-2006, 06:05 AM

...It'd be interesting to see if that sale actually goes through.

MasterEvilAce

11-12-2006, 06:31 AM

It won't. This stuff happens all the time on Ebay over silly / hyped items.

Lutheran

11-12-2006, 07:02 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PLAYSTATION-3-PS3-60GB-CONSOLE-SYSTEM-PRE-SALE-NEW_W0QQitemZ230049733519QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62054Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The bidding for the above PS3 is 1450.00 (20 bidders or more so far)...im thinking of making a bid because this particular PS3 auction comes with a FREE EXTRA CONTROLLER!!!!! ITS FREE!!!111!!11!!

Royal Fool

11-12-2006, 07:46 AM

I saw one PS3 that had a buy it now option of £10.000 GBP (Which translates to $19.000 USD). Quite crazy.

Lunar Blue

11-12-2006, 07:47 AM

Sapheriel

11-12-2006, 08:15 AM

i don't have the japanese character pack installed, but i daresay that it's 18m YEN.

disc

11-12-2006, 08:31 AM

987 million yen however =)

dena miscreant

11-12-2006, 08:39 AM

i don't have the japanese character pack installed, but i daresay that it's 18m YEN.

I was starting to think that no one would understand and let Bap in on it.

Stoke_Ydral

11-12-2006, 09:03 AM

It's at 987,655,296 Yen which is $8,397,358.30, still quite a bit of money although it won't go through.

Edit: Ah I found the $18 million one, it's 2,147,483,648 Yen which is $18,267,128.66 you can find it here (http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g50508649)

bapenguin

11-12-2006, 10:56 AM

i don't have the japanese character pack installed, but i daresay that it's 18m YEN.

No, it's like 200 million yen. :)

kickmybum

11-12-2006, 11:28 AM

No, it's like 200 million yen. :)

Try 2 billion yen. What the hell is with all this math. When are we going to do what Europe did with the Euro and have a Earthly currency called... um.... Eart.

blackzc

11-12-2006, 11:52 AM

Try 2 billion yen. What the hell is with all this math. When are we going to do what Europe did with the Euro and have a Earthly currency called... um.... Eart.

um NWO is a bad idea :o

kickmybum

11-12-2006, 11:57 AM

Wow, I just realized that this is a great way to rage against those people who buy consoles just to ebay them. I mean, logically, you can create a new ebay user and make outright huge offers on all of the ps3/wii auctions and when the auction expires and you win, you just don't pay. So the seller is forced to sell it again, create a new userid, rinse and repeat. I'm sure there's some holes in my logic but if people really wanted to be an ass about this, that would be the way to do it.

OrangePulp

11-12-2006, 04:41 PM

Holes like them coming after you for not paying on the bid you put up? Those kinds or holes?

Sandman

11-12-2006, 04:43 PM

Yahoo auctions were always shady to me...I remember browsing bootleg dvds a while back....and by bootleg I mean some guy downloads it and burns it to a dvd-r.

Winterwolves

11-12-2006, 06:54 PM

Holes like them coming after you for not paying on the bid you put up? Those kinds or holes?

These people will already get flooded by bids from people asking to ship it to Nigeria. The good thing is that they will bid 10 times what you are asking. The only catch is that you sorta have to ship it to the address in Nigeria before you get the money.Good luck e-bayers :)

Royal Fool

11-13-2006, 12:57 AM

Holes like them coming after you for not paying on the bid you put up? Those kinds or holes?
Those can be avoided, just don't provide real information when signing up and make sure you're browsing their site using anonymous IP masking. :)

Plenty of damage can be done with a single account, as long as the auctions are ending very soon or they have buy it now options.

Zeal

11-13-2006, 12:59 AM

Hell yes, my buyout bid just went through for it.

But I gotta pay $20 shipping. Fuck.

Mooninaut

11-13-2006, 03:12 AM

2,147,483,648 = 2^31

Just in case you were wondering.

Carry on.