gkarris
Jan 4, 2007, 01:23 PM
Well, here in Chicago, I finally saw some PS3s. In other posts, people are showing piles of PS3 at places, but here they are still pretty scarce.
The Bestbuys I were at had none.
The Targets I were at, one had 1 60 Gig model, and another had a 20 Gig Model. The 20 Gig Model had been opened.
The salesperson said that it's new, but I said it had been opened and wanted an "Open Box price". He said that it's new and they open them upon return to make sure they work and are complete.
For me, an open box is an open box (especially at that price). Plus, what's to stop someone else from going in there and taking parts out? Also, how do I know it's not someone else's return and they had actually used it?
If anything around here, only returns are popping up, they've mostly all been opened, and they are selling them as new...
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The same thing happened to me last night. Best Buy had some, so I bought one, besides I've been wanting one. My brother was going to go in half with me (we live together) but doesn't have the money right now and I realized that I'd rather have the money for Macworld next week. So, I returned it tonight. It was sort of annoying, because even though it was obvious that the box was unopened, they opened it, took everything out, and actually hooked the thing up to make sure it worked before they would take the return and give me my money back. Anyway, I'll probably pick one up again in 2 or 3 months.
I think this whole PS3 thing's a mess. Needless to say, I preordered my Wii and got one on launch, and there are stores getting Wii's in, but they are selling out quickly. Seems like Microsoft and Nintendo are the ones who have their act together right now...
The Bestbuys I were at had none.
The Targets I were at, one had 1 60 Gig model, and another had a 20 Gig Model. The 20 Gig Model had been opened.
The salesperson said that it's new, but I said it had been opened and wanted an "Open Box price". He said that it's new and they open them upon return to make sure they work and are complete.
For me, an open box is an open box (especially at that price). Plus, what's to stop someone else from going in there and taking parts out? Also, how do I know it's not someone else's return and they had actually used it?
If anything around here, only returns are popping up, they've mostly all been opened, and they are selling them as new...
Like this post:
The same thing happened to me last night. Best Buy had some, so I bought one, besides I've been wanting one. My brother was going to go in half with me (we live together) but doesn't have the money right now and I realized that I'd rather have the money for Macworld next week. So, I returned it tonight. It was sort of annoying, because even though it was obvious that the box was unopened, they opened it, took everything out, and actually hooked the thing up to make sure it worked before they would take the return and give me my money back. Anyway, I'll probably pick one up again in 2 or 3 months.
I think this whole PS3 thing's a mess. Needless to say, I preordered my Wii and got one on launch, and there are stores getting Wii's in, but they are selling out quickly. Seems like Microsoft and Nintendo are the ones who have their act together right now...
