Importers Prepare to PS3 Price Gouge, Start Pre-Orders
Wow, importer Lik-Sang has started accepting pre-orders for the Playstation 3 and 20 PS3 games for no money down. Reading through the rules, everything seems pretty cool: You can always cancel, you can change which one you want, you can choose between U.S. and Japan versions. Then I noticed the "Extra Note" tucked down at the bottom of the page.
" Be prepared that the day-1 prices will be much higher than the manufacturers suggested retail price," it starts. Uh, oh, can you say price gauging?
Hit the jump for their very long "Extra Note" which uses phrases like "There is never enough of the good stuff on launch day" and "Mastercard would call that 'priceless
Fortunately, they do allow you to just sit on your pre-order even after the PS3 hits, if you don't want to pay the obviously bloated price.
Extra note: Be prepared that the day-1 prices will be much higher than the manufacturers suggested retail price. Experienced and veteran hardcore gamers, who are not importing a system for the first time, know that buying a PS3 at launch or a PSP at launch is not the same thing as simply buying a mere PlayStation 3 or a random PSP off some supermarket shelf. You're paying for the privilege of getting it two months before the massive overflow. Especially with the long forecasted shortages (only 100.000 units for Japan at release date), MasterCard would call that 'priceless'. There is never enough of the good stuff on a launch day, and Lik Sang is required to pay premium pricing to get earlybird stock in sufficient levels for everybody. We can only extend these offers to you during the first couple of months, while waiting for the market to stabilize. But that's the beauty of the No Money Down Special Pre-Order system, you can always ignore day-1 prices and wait for a few more days, a few more weeks, or even several months, until the price goes down to an acceptable level. Without ever losing your pre-order position!
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