eBay sellers make $600 profit on PS3s

[wraggster]

Ker-ching! eBay sellers have been reaping profit when flogging PS3s on the auction site, with Sony's console going for an average of $1,186 per pop between November 17 (launch day) and November 24.

Spotted by Next-Gen.biz, the figures come via eBay's Marketplace Research, which states that 14,675 PS3s were sold online during the period.

Crunching these stats and fiddling with our abacus reveals that there are sellers out there who have made around $600, and some no doubt more. PS3's 'small' version retails at $499, while its bigger-spec brother is $599.

[Mark30001]

This whole eBay frenzy was just ridiculous.

Many sold for $3,000, while others sold at around $2,000. Unfortunately for some sellers, the prices dropped dramatically (which was no surprise) within the first few days. Some even dropped under $1,000 of what people expected, however, a profit is still a profit!