180 PS3s stolen from a Japanese trucking company

[wraggster]

Given that these days, PS3s are selling on the resale market (e.g., eBay) for somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 or $900, someone in Japan stands to make a hefty profit. Asahi.com reports that on the evening of December 5, 180 units were lifted from the Meitetsu transport company's Ibaraki warehouse in Naka city (northeast of Tokyo), which should yield some serious dough, or whatever the Japanese slang for yen is. While this will only drive up the prices of PS3s in the short term (we hear 180 units is 80% of this week's production run), at least this good ol' fashioned theft was the type where no one gets hurt, or killed.

via engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/180-ps3s-stolen-from-a-japanese-trucking-company/)

[ExcruciationX]

Whoops!

[SnesR0X]

that really sucks for the people who wanted to buy one at a store, and of course the retailers

[NoQuarter]

Won't they be fairly easy to track down considering each PS3 has a unique mac address?They could just cross reference that with the lot and serial numbers of the missing PS3s.As soon as they start to appear online investigators start showing up at people's houses.

[ElRazur]

(we hear 180 units is 80% of this week's production run),

That cant be true....