It's because people aren't that stupid. Why would I want to spend more money going the ebay route,when I can just wait for the stores to get plenty of ps4's in. Those people that go the ebay route are the one's that don't have any patience. I'm personally going to wait.

pff ebay

Most stores around me where iv been hunting for a PS4 are sold out till late Jan early Feb.

And catching a shipment before its all gone is damn near impossible.

Awe, well you take a risk when you try to anticipate demand. That's why some business fail. Sometime you need just one really bad decision, like THQ, to lose everything.

At those prices I'm sure most of those sellers are losing money. After Ebay, Paypal and shipping fees. Peak demand should be around now, so perhaps they just want to cut their losses.

Looks like the 06 Wii is still unchallenged for resale value.

Try and go to a store, I know a couple of people who are trying to get them for christmas, it's impossible!

However, my guess is that enough people waited for either the xb1 or ps4 that they will both sell whatever is available until at least January... maybe as far as March or April (I.E.: the sales numbers are limited by the number of units available).

With that said, unless something magical happen for Microsoft (people really really freak out over titanfall and Sony does not manage to get people excited over their exclusives is the only thing I can see) the split in demand between the two will favor the PS4, because games will constantly either look and/or play better on it.

You can scream all you want, make all sort of scenarios, most people are not stupid and they will pick what makes sense to them (shaky kinect controls will not sway people to the xb1, they already had kinect on their 360 and they sold it to the pawnshop or put it in the trash).

I agree with you. I personally would never buy anything on ebay,I don't care how bad I wanted the product. I've been seeing the same thing about the ps4. 

i buy cheap car parts, but not overpriced electronics.  

Ebay takes a 10% cut off of the total sale price, which includes shipping. Paypal takes IIRC a 2.9% cut of the sale. Which is something I don't understand, aren't Ebay and PP the same company? Maybe I am wrong there. Seems like the 10% cut should be more than enough.

And yes, you then have to ship the item. The worst part about it imho, is that Paypal will hold the buyers money in your account and prevent you from accessing it, until the buyer receives the item and reports it in good condition. Which, if everyone goes smoothly, is fine. If not, you're fucked unless you spend more money on protection like signatures and other things.

Of course, Craigslist has its own issues. One of the guys I sold to refused to pay until I opened up the box and showed him the console, which was fine unless he changed his mind, then I'd have an open console and would probably fetch less money. It all worked out though.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/09/us/indiana-iraq-vet-ipad-slaying/

on a high profile item like this, I don't think so. This is just an isolated incident, but I'd like to point out that even "being smart with a Craigslist purchase" can be dangerous. This happened to someone in broad daylight in a parking lot in the middle of a neighborhood. And to a freaking Marine, no less.

yea that makes sense if you can find something cheaper,but why buy something that's marked up $100,when you can just wait for more ps4's to come in. 

Any time I sell anything on Craigslist the buyer must meet me in a police station or bank parking lot. Makes the threat of violence pretty non-existent when there is an armed person right there or cameras everywhere.