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To those who plan on selling on eBay, I work for them and there is a little rule we follow that most people don't know about. If the owner of a trademarked item contacts eBay and asks them to remove the listing of their product and the MSRP of said product is $500 or greater, eBay will do it. Since the MSRP of the 360 and any other game system was less than $500, there was nothing the owners of the product could do about it.
This rule started out of courtesy to protect brand. Trademarked items from Prada, Coach and LV were being sold at eBay well under market value, so these companies approached eBay for help. They argued that their brand was suffering due to the cheap prices, and the rule to take down trademarked items that had a value of $500 or more at the request of the trademark holder was created. I could see Sony arguing that the outrageous prices would hurt their brand, and since the high end PS3 has an MSRP above $500, if Sony asks us to remove the listings, we will. I'm not saying this will happen (haven't had any indications yet) but just thought I would put this out there so people have a plan B.
I tried to tell people it was possible, but no one wanted to believe me. eBay can decide what constitutes a valid or invalid auction item. If Sony were to approach them and make this request, the would most likely honor it.
http://rated-m.blogspot.com/2006/10/e-bay-removing-ps3-auctions.html
HAHA klasse Sache. Hoffentlich macht Sony das auch^^
edit: Sieht so aus als wenn es schon los geht^^
Following SPOnG's earlier news on the PS3 eBay gold rush, it seems that the auction site has now banned the many recent attempts to sell pre-ordered PS3s. The company claims that Sonys next-gen hope must be less than 30 days away from a buyers hands for it to be legitimately sold via the site.
So, for all those looking to make a quick buck from flogging their pre-ordered machines, October 18th is the earliest date eBay will allow PS3s to go on sale.
Numerous sellers have now had their PS3 auctions removed and their accounts banned due to this violation.
With thousands of eager gamers being denied machines at launch, due to various problems with major retailers pre-ordering systems, emotions are running high on the subject.
One tale of woe came from a very disappointed SPOnG reader, who forwarded this (unedited) update to his attempts to obtain a PS3 from GameStop.
Dear Gamestop,
Months ago I signed up to get information regarding the playstation 3. In addition to checking my email EVERY DAY since July, I also have been going online to various web sites EVERY DAY to find information in hope that I could get a Playstation 3 at launch. Today I was about to sign off the net when I went to check for the news. It was there that I saw that Gamestop was taking preorders for the Playstation 3. At this point in time I rushed to your website and found the numbers for every Gamestop/EB games in my area. After calling 10, the 11th and last one had one spot left. Unfortunately for me, I had to drive in to reserve it. I drove as fast as I could the 20 miles to the EB games, calling multiple times on the way to make sure they still had it. As I ran in the door, I watched the last reservation being sold to another customer. Since late July I've been keeping an eye out for this, and I missed it today because Gamestop/EB games failed to send out their information the day they started taking pre orders. Earlier in the day, I checked my email at around 10 am, but did not go to any websites because I didn't have time. Thanks for the heads up.
PS3s will be legitimately available on eBay in seven days time for hilariously inflated prices. SPOnG will bring you more news of cash-in cowboys and disappointed gamers as we get it
http://news.spong.com/article/10930?cb=943


