Sony must've really got the jump on retailers with the 80gb price drop...

[Mistershine]

TheBigFatJ said:

senseinobaka said:
if I was a store manager and these kind of shenanigans started affecting my P/L's I would drop the product. Then I would transfer any on hand to another store.

If you had another store, this would suggest you were a chain.  And as such, you probably have an agreement with Sony as a chain and you cannot make changes to their products individually.  This should include your willingness to stock it, the price point, etc.  

Could someone from the retail business explain what's going on here?  Retailers cannot set their own prices for the PS3 -- maybe they have a grace period before compliance with the price cuts is mandatory.

I don't know about the US but in the UK its illegal for manufacturers to set prices for retailers.