Anyone get an Xbox 360 today then ?

[RobGTO]

Come on, I know one of you must have, think im gonna look for one next week or the week after that.
PGR 3 - woohoo looks great

[dvs_dave]

I've got a super nerdy mate who went to the trouble of reserving one and then taking a day's leave just so he could be one of the first to pick one up.

I've given him a considerable amount of stick and laughed at how sad he is for doing it.

[RobGTO]

You'll be the one wanting to go over to his house to drink and play games all night !

Its only sad that microsoft havent produced enough of them for christmas period...the idiots.

[scared but happy]

It is also amazing that the Xbox is losing money hand over fist JUST to try and knock the PS2 off the top spot.
Only Microsoft could use this tactic any other company would have shut the process down.

[angrys3owner]

have you seen how much there going for on ebay... £500 - £750 madness

[miniman]

Classic eBay scam of the day:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/X-Box-360_W0QQitemZ8238501647Q

[RobGTO]

lol

[angrys3owner]

miniman said:

Classic eBay scam of the day: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/X-Box-360_W0QQitemZ8238501647Q

who ever pays £300 for that needs to be removed from the geene pool!

[tonyhetherington]

miniman said:

eBay scam

there's 17 bids!!!!

Do people not read it?! It's not even as if he hides what he's doing!!?

[miniman]

tonyhetherington said:

there's 17 bids!!!! Do people not read it?! It's not even as if he hides what he's doing!!?

There was another identical one up earlier (which I guess eBay have pulled) that was at 17 bids and standing at £460. There was even a question from a bidder on that one asking "why so cheap?" with the reply "because it's just an email address". Muppets deserve to get ripped off, really...

[Witchfinder]

angrys3owner said:

have you seen how much there going for on ebay... £500 - £750 madness

Which is why my colleague pre-ordered two. One for himself, and one to sell for a profit. We're considering jointly speculating on the PS3, depending on the spec, likely availability and when it's released. Pre-Christmas rush prushes prices sky high!

[basil brush]

One went for £1270 this morning.

I've got one as I pre-ordered from Amazon in August, but was seriously tempted to sell this morning when I saw the prices.

[JoolzB]

Does anyone know when the 360 is likely to be avaiable again in shops, I missed out on the pre-order but wasn't that bothered as I thought they'd be limited 360 games to start off with. I'm guessing it'll not be until the new year when it's poss to get one off the shelf.

[puggit]

RobGTO said:

Its only sad that microsoft havent produced enough of them for christmas period...the idiots.

Or a cynical marketing ploy

The idiot is me - for going to the US and not bringing one back to flog!!

[polarbert]

i should have bought a couple, i'd have myself a nice profit now

will have to buy a couple of ps3's when they come out


also the first 14! pages of xbox's on ebay end in only 2 days!

why why why o why are people paying that much for it when you can order one on amazon, okay theres a delay, but at the end of the day its just a games console, and the current release of games arent even as good as my mates pc

>> Edited by polarbert on Friday 2nd December 16:35

[maxf]

basil brush said:

One went for £1270 this morning. I've got one as I pre-ordered from Amazon in August, but was seriously tempted to sell this morning when I saw the prices.

When did you order? I ordered from Amazon on the 18th August but no x-box yet

[Wildfire]

dvs_dave said:

I've got a super nerdy mate who went to the trouble of reserving one and then taking a day's leave just so he could be one of the first to pick one up. I've given him a considerable amount of stick and laughed at how sad he is for doing it.

Yep, I have the same.

[polarbert]

scared but happy said:

It is also amazing that the Xbox is losing money hand over fist JUST to try and knock the PS2 off the top spot. Only Microsoft could use this tactic any other company would have shut the process down.

why are they losing money?

[jimothy]

polarbert said:

scared but happy said: It is also amazing that the Xbox is losing money hand over fist JUST to try and knock the PS2 off the top spot. Only Microsoft could use this tactic any other company would have shut the process down. why are they losing money?

They're sold at a loss to make them cheap to buy to get market saturation. They then take a cut of the games.

It's the old gilette idea, give away the razor then sting people for the blades.

[dick dastardly]

RobGTO said:

Its only sad that microsoft havent produced enough of them for christmas period...the idiots.

My colleague got one in the main Cardiff GAME store this morning & said they even though the place was heaving they still had quite a few.

The golden rule if something runs out is pop over to Wales - we can't afford the latest must-haves so there's loads left