Preorder scams: coming to a retailer near you!

Posted Nov 1, 2006 at 10:16AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Lik-Sang, Play-Asia, SCEA, Sony

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Lik-Sang's preorders were sued away by Sony. Play-Asia cancelled shipments to certain areas. What with all these voided reservations, where could a preorder-less Sony fan get their peace of mind in getting a console at launch? Hold on... We sense a disturbance in the force. And we're hearing whispers in our heads that say "Black market! Black market! There's always the black market!"

Sony seems to accept the fact that some PS3 units would end up in the black market, but they've already issued a warning against these non-legitimate goods. Here's SCEA's statement to the consumers:

Such offers are not done with any cooperation from SCEA or its parent company. SCEA strongly recommends against consumers pursuing such offers, as their legitimacy cannot be confirmed. We recommend consumers purchase PlayStation products only from authorised SCEA retailers and resellers.

This would include websites and other stores that would sell PS3 units at a discount or offer them by bulk shipments. Seems like Sony's getting more aggressive with its PS3 distribution. Given this warning, we might see a couple more law suits flying around.

Y'know what they say, desperate situations lead to desperate measures. But are you willing to risk it and resort to the black market or will you stay legit? We know how black market goods somehow tend to be unreliable, but it sure is tempting. Personally though, it just might not be worth it.

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# Awesome — Guest 2006-11-01 07:07

At a retailer near me... NO WAI! I'm definately going to preorder my PS3 from the back of some guy's van who's selling all my other favorite electronics and DVDs.

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