how I somehow screwed over EB
 

OK, I knew the PStwo recently came out, and I heard about the EB trade in deal from Null.

I had to go to the mall today to talk to a Telus rep, so I strolled into EB and low and behold, the first shipment of PStwos had just arrived and the staff were marveling at the size of the thing (it's REALLY tiny). I talked to a girl that was working there about trade in deals...she said $100 for a working PS2, $75 for one that no longer reads discs but has a running 'motor'.

I was intrigued by the deal because I had both a working PS2 and a busted one. That would *almost* pay for the new PStwo. I went home and realized I bought an extended warranty on my *working* PS2 that was BARELY still intact. I managed talking my way into SWAPPING the working PS2 with warranty for the PStwo, and I got the $75 for my broken PS2...so I preorderd GTA: San Andreas in full, just need to pick it up on the 26th.

So I trade in a broken launch PS2 and my 10 month old PS2 for the sleek, sexy, tiny little PStwo and GTA: San Andreas.

Somebody explain to me how that's fair for them? :p :D

Re: how I somehow screwed over EB
 

Well, you see, the PStwo you got contains a little gremlin inside of it that periodically steals your money while you sleep at night. Thusly paying back the price.


Either that or EB is on some major crack.

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Sweet deal man. That sounds nuts. A working system and a non working system, for a better working system and a sick game. Not shabby.

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It's probably worth it to them to recycle the motors and such. You might have gotten a factory defect, too, so watch out.

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Or maybe they know a secret way to fix it so that they pay 75 bucks for it but then cast a spell to make it work (free of cost) and sell it back to the public for 100+... :sneaky:

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So are we all in agreement that Stu got swindled like a blind man at an ATM machine? ;)

Congratulations Stu, if you could post a picture of it, that's be cool. I haven't seen a picture of it in a real environment where it's small size is noticeable.

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here are some pictures from somebody else's PStwo









As you can see...the thing is damn tiny

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:lol:

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Meh.

I couldnt care less. It doesnt really save too much space.

Sure, its small vertically, but they have a pop-up flap thing which makes it impossible to wedge into a confined area.

Yes, however, Horizontally, it is a demon in the sack. But still, im not into it because it has the flip up flap thing....the days of PSone is over my friends.

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Yeah, we have a gamecube to do that for us already.

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personally, I hate loading trays...the flip top lid is a great addition

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I'm going to get my busted PS2 back and possibly do the same thing.

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I never have liked the flip top lids because I thought they were more of a safety hazard for my systems. It seems like it's so much easier for dust to fly in there and land on the lens when you are using a flip lid.

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I think they both suck. They should have something like CD holder of a CD radio in a car. That is much better.

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yeah the disc slot...that's what the PSX has (Sony's multimedia beast) and Im betting PS3 and maybe other next gen system(s) will have.