Xbox Elite gets bid for $5,100 on ebay

[Albion Knight]

Some realy impatient person bid $5,100 US for an Xbox Elite on ebay. The seller bought it from Target which broke the sell date by 10 days on April 19
It was pointed out that the winning bidder doesn't have a very good rating so the final sale prive might go down. There are two bids at $5,000 one of which has been on ebay for 3 to 4 years with a 97% positive rating.

[Vegeta]

Wow.....

[blue crow]

Dang thats a lot of money for a console that costs $ 400.

[Albion Knight]

Truly! Someone is either really rich or really stupid.

Oh the Elite will go for $480, not that $80 matters much when you're willing to shell out 5 grand for a system that for the most part has been out for a year and a half. Basically this person is shelling out all that dough for an HDMI interface. Everything else is already available. OK maybe it has the 65nm processor after all. still what where the thinking

The real benefit in my eyes is the value you get for an extra $80

[Tsuyu]

Haha - up yours Sony and the PS3! Lets see people bid like that on the PS3.

[Grim Reefa]

haha yea

[Dark Drakan]

Thats insane, this person must be loaded and REALLY want one early!

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Thats insane, this person must be loaded and REALLY want one early!

David: "Dad, can I borrow your credit card for a second?"
Dad: "What are you going to buy...?"
David: "Uh... nothing."
Dad: "Ok then son - here you go."

*One month later...*

Dad: "DAAAAAAAAAAAVIIID!!! !!"

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

David: "Dad, can I borrow your credit card for a second?"
Dad: "What are you going to buy...?"
David: "Uh... nothing."
Dad: "Ok then son - here you go."

*One month later...*

Dad: "DAAAAAAAAAAAVIIID!!! !!"

Yeah or theres always that of course, but surely there cant have been many people who would have bidded near that price...

[KaveX]

i did that before..

i took my moms credit card and bought 130 dollars worth of games!

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Kave

i did that before..

i took my moms credit card and bought 130 dollars worth of games!

What happened?


Here are the bidding details

Warning, this is a spoiler!

Bidder Bid Amount Date of bid
Bidder18 US $5,100.00 Apr-20-07 22:15:20

Bidder15 US $5,000.00 Apr-19-07 12:27:37

Bidder14 US $5,000.00 Apr-20-07 03:50:45

Bidder14 US $3,000.00 Apr-20-07 03:50:24

Bidder15 US $1,000.00 Apr-19-07 12:26:58

Bidder16 US $880.00 Apr-19-07 16:13:58

Bidder16 US $860.00 Apr-19-07 16:13:14

Bidder16 US $840.00 Apr-19-07 16:13:01

Bidder16 US $820.00 Apr-19-07 16:12:39

Bidder8 US $700.00 Apr-18-07 17:49:14

Bidder8 US $600.00 Apr-18-07 17:48:39

Bidder13 US $600.00 Apr-18-07 21:17:59

Bidder12 US $550.00 Apr-18-07 19:33:53

Bidder11 US $510.00 Apr-18-07 19:07:08

Bidder8 US $500.00 Apr-18-07 17:48:05

Bidder10 US $500.00 Apr-18-07 17:49:00

Bidder9 US $411.45Apr-18-07 17:48:47

Bidder7 US $400.00 Apr-18-07 17:44:49

Bidder4 US $350.00 Apr-18-07 17:23:22

Bidder7 US $300.00 Apr-18-07 17:44:04

Bidder6 US $199.00 Apr-18-07 17:35:16

Bidder5 US $100.00 Apr-18-07 17:26:20

Bidder3 US $5.00 Apr-18-07 17:20:15

Bidder2 US $2.00 Apr-18-07 17:19:47

It went up pretty quickly in the end.
I wonder if Microsoft bid on it for some cheap publicity