Behind the Headlines

By Charles Slat ctslat@monroenews.com

Folks in Monroe who lined up for hours waiting to buy a PlayStation 3 system just to sell it at a big profit might be rewarded.

The systems started selling vigorously on eBay, the Internet auction site, for around $2,800 Thursday afternoon. Some systems were sold as far back as a week ago for $9,100 after 42 bids. The list price of the units is $499 or $599 depending on the memory capacity of the system.

Several thousand PlayStation 3s were listed for sale on eBay Friday morning. Chances are the systems will hold their inflated values for a while. They’re in short supply and Sony doesn’t expect to ship more to the marketplace until at least March.

So if you haven’t got one yet, don’t look for Santa to bring one.