Paid approx. US$45 for a new PS3 slim today

[ramuji]

I sold off 19 of my games today (Wii x 13, GC x 2, DS x 3, GBA x 1) for a total of 25,800 yen, which I then used for the purchase of a new PS3 (29,980 yen). So, my out-of-pocket expense was 4,180 yen.

Up until now I haven't really much liked the idea of selling off my games, even the ones I feel I'm not likely to play much anymore, but once I got the idea in my head this morning and began estimating how much money I could get back, I couldn't resist.
I used the shopping points I accumulated with the PS3 purchase to buy Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and an HDMI cable.