So...I may have to sell my PS4 preorder

[Zappykins]

platformmaster918 said:

I did not intend to do this but I may become a scalper.  I'm already seeing PS4 preorders go up to $800.  I have the KZ bundle with Plus on preorder on Amazon.  They just ran out of PS4s and so has Gamestop apparently.  PS3 still has an awesome lineup including a REAL Ratchet this Fall so I don't even feel like I need PS4 right away.  I think I'm gonna take advantage of this offer because you only get one chance to make hundreds of dollars of profit like this per gen.  I'm a college student and need the money anyway so people with disposable income are welcome to pay over $1000 for me to change the shipping address.  Gotta love limited supply!

Anyone been in this situation before and which decision did you make?  Did you sell or keep?  Did you regret your decision or were you happy at the end?  When is the best time to sell a preorder profit wise?

EDIT:  I am being patient and I do really want it at launch so I'll start my bidding at $1000 a couple weeks before launch and see if I get any bites.  If no one bids then I'll keep it and enjoy KZ and Knack on launch day.  If they do then I'll enjoy all the awesome PS3 titles coming this holiday (see first post on page 2).

Well, not exactly the same, but I bought my little bro a Wii for his Bday/Xmas present (around the same day.)  It was one of those 'big' birthdays.  He we so excited and I knew his kids would be happy as they loved playing mine.  I had spent several months saving up (also got him extra controllers), and the NFL game that year - he loves US football like an Oil Tycoon love subsidies.  It was a fancy US Football game with a hologram on it.   I had also got some games for his kids – they loved Diego and there is a little kid Diego game. I also got his wife an exercise game that I thought she would like too.

People were amazed how generous I was, but I’m not sure why, I usually give someone a rather generous present every year (I have a huge family – so they have to take turns getting lucky.)  I was a little surprised they were surprized, as I had given him a Dreamcast +2 memory units + whole bunch of accessories, and that year's football game, a decade earlier a previous big birthday.

So, well, to make a long story short – his wife through a huge fit and wouldn’t let him accept it.  (She is a bit of a dementor.)  Something about how they can’t control their older kid or something like that – they were going to try to sell it as use my cash.

Anyway, posted an add Xmas eve for just a little bit more than was paid (still, mint, used in the box and sold out all over town.)  You would think, hey, this is someone trying to get out of a terrible mess and make a kid happy and a tiny bit of profit to go with the sadness of a spouse ruining (another) holiday.  Nope, people just called the seller terrible things.

I ended up returning it to the store and losing money.  The store employees were none to pleased either as so many people had wanted them for the holiday.  I didn’t get all my money back either.

So tried it, but literally the day before, didn’t work.

Followup -  So they said they couldn’t handle their kid if he had a video game - something, something, can't control him – they got him a 3DS shortly after, he already had another video game, and bro would still play his Dreamcast.