5000 Microsoft XBox Systems on Ebay!!!!

[Hamburgerpimp]

I just did a search before replying to a thread in ForSaleTrade Forum about XBox on Ebay. 10,000 posts (3757 for "X Box" and 6177 for "XBox" = nearly 10,000) on XBox. At least half of those were for the system. That's 5000 XBox Systems on Ebay alone.


Some auctions are ending about $300-350, if that. Poor guys are making nothing!

 

[Zim Hosein]

With that price range, I agree w/ you that people aren't making that much off this system, perhaps supply IS better than demand. I don't think that people are trying to get rid of thier "defective" X-Boxes, because if they were, they would just return them to the store they brought them from. Maybe last year's PS2 shortage feuled this year's auctions? I'm not sure, just a few ideas.

 

[fr]

<< Maybe last year's PS2 shortage feuled this year's auctions? I'm not sure, just a few ideas. >>




I bet that's it.

 

[LAUST]

They prolly figured... eh, I already own a PC, time to make some bucks off a few succa's

 

[Wingznut]

I just saw an Xbox auction end at $305 (reserve not met). I guess people aren't cashing in, like they thought they would.

 

[richardycc]

just saw 6 xboxes at my local circuit city, I almost bought one to put it up on ebay, good thing that I didn't...

rich

 

[dOrKuS]

<< I guess people aren't cashing in, like they thought they would. >>



good, that'll teach 'em

 

[Antoneo]

All these people (most of probably teenagers) saw the PS2 frenzy from last year and saw that in the first few days PS2s were selling around a thousand dollars. Others still made a good profit. This is because of a huge demand and not enough supply. Thus many people were still having trouble getting one for a decent price a month after its release.

Now these people heard this story from news everywhere and they are thinking, hey of course the same thing will happen with the Xbox!! Uhhh right, one of Microsoft's goals was to prevent the same shortage from happening. And thus Ebay is flooded with em with many people making no profit at all.

 

[stso]

no
xbox is actually very expensive on ebay
check this one out ..... $500 as of right now
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1298343450
and this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1298343918

 

[ElFenix]

might be that theres simply too many systems on auction on ebay ahora. couple weeks if theres still no xboxen in sight and a few have been culled from ebay the price will go up

 

[phatcow]

stso... thats because the system is a package with 2 games and another controller...

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

stso, that was a bundle like phatcow said. The System alone is only going for about Retail Pricing right now. Poor scalpers!!

 

[Telemonius]

was the gamecube expecting a shortage? it seems many bidders on ebay are paying over 300 for them, with no bundled games. or is this just further proof that most buyers on ebay aren't the sharpest knives in the world?

 

[erikiksaz]

<<this just further proof that most buyers on ebay aren't the sharpest knives in the world?>>

I think we've figured this one out a while back. Come on, people are buying links and X-shaped boxes.