Sometimes you need a quick sale, and stores like CEX are always available to purchase your unwanted goods. This is fine if we're talking about your crusty old PlayStation 2 and scratched copy of Pro Evolution Soccer 3, but if you're offloading your 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 at the high street store – well, you might just have more money than sense.
That's exactly what happened in Fulham, prompting the outlet to post on Facebook about the unexpected occurrence. To be fair, the firm currently offers around £750 for these systems, so no one's getting utterly ripped off – but considering the consoles sell for well over £1,000 on eBay, well, that's a lot of Greggs sausage rolls that this particular ex-owner will be going without.
It could be worse, though – they could have coated their console in cheap and cheerful Swarovski crystals.
[source facebook.com, via geekspective.net]
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I love CEX, saved me a fortune in the past and its these traders who make it all the more worthwhile.
Cex are selling them on for £1500 hilarious. Thanks Sony.
And so Pushsqaure loses one reader as he read the headline.
@Jaz007 I don't think the guy will be going back to that store either, if the store took a picture and posted it on their Facebook page...I could only imagine the reaction that guy got if he saw it!
I don't know, $750 quick cash in hand vs all the trouble of posting it on eBay and dealing w/ mailing it and trying to get paid? Doesn't sound so bad to me.
@rjejr agree, sort of a convenience fee. a hefty one but could be worse.
It was probably stolen from someone's house! Like most things in those type of stores.
Personally I don't particularly like the design of the 20th Anniversary Edition so if I acquired one through a competition or gift then I would certainly sell it myself. You could buy a console and many games for that money.
The only reason I may be tempted to keep it would be for the potential increase in value as a 'collectible'
Well mine is sitting next to the TV waiting for Bloodborne.
So at least some of us got them for the right reason
...cries
IDK, maybe the "idiot" stole it and needed quick cash to get rid of it? He still got a pretty decent amount for it anyway.
Eh, he took the money, bought another ps4 and had money left over. But, on a fair note, yeah, it would have a strong money-worth later on down the road if he would've kept it sealed and unopened, but a lot of people thought that way with atari, and that went down in cost...guess all of it's a hit-or-miss. I didn't even know they made a special edition 20th anniversary console.
I thought they would of said 'we will give you £5 for it' (then sell it at £1000 i bet) Hmm, Fulham? Not far from me that
@JLPick If they are allready selling for over 1000pounds then yes, this baby is going to be worth a lot more in the future
@Flurpsel I had the Donkey Kong Nintendo64 system (the green see-through one), and I was too dumb not to keep it in the box. It broke, and now I see that it goes for a high price online. It's a shame that when you're younger you don't keep things or think like this in the future. I really wish I kept my old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Wars figures in the cases, but...when we're younger, we don't. When we become older, we want to kick ourselves for not. I'm 35, and I wish I did this...if we only had a deloreon to go back in time and re-do it again!!!!
@JLPick you could pick up some limited edition toys and stuff nowadays and keep them in the boxes. I have a feeling lotr figures in boxes have potential future value and toy stores are giving them away at the moment...
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