PS1 + PS2 = PS3 eBay scam FTW
By Paul Miller 
posted November 22nd 2006 3:04PM
posted November 22nd 2006 3:04PM
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You're exactly why we make fun of our friends up nort.
You realize of course that I am Canadian...
Too bad everything u guys drink down there is probably owned by a Canadian brewery.
FYI Americans don't care if you insult our beer, we know it sucks. That is why we import New Castle and Guinness.
It is also too bad that the representation from the Canadian populace further propagates the stereotype. When you use expletives instead of your vocabulary it gives the impression of being ignorant. This is obviously not in regards to the post i replied to, but i thought i would kill two birds with one stone.
The guy that i am replying to, just made a stupid joke.
like this...
"hey Canada! Your mom's teeth are so yellow, she spits butter."
It's childish and juvenile and we are all dumber for having heard jokes like that.
Can I thank God for FireFox's spell checker?!?
rofl.. I'm in Florida, it's 48 farheneheit here.
OK I'm American but I have to say one thing. For the love of god don't talk about beer and piss. I mean Budweiser? Busch? Michelob? 99.98% of American beer may as well be cattle urine. Sam Adams is the closest thing that the US has to a REAL beer. So please for the love of god shut up. And give Canada a break. As if America has anything, AT ALL to be arrogant about. Honestly considering the last 6 years we need to collectively shut the hell up and stay inconspicuous to the world for about a decade. We've lost the right to say dick at this point.
ahaha, i saw this yesterday
flippin hillarious.
Tooo bad he included a picture, otherwise it'd prolly be at $1000 by now.
Also, i love the bag of popcorn and a red straw with a FREE PS3 that sold for liek $1200.
I'm not sure if this or the real deal is uglier (finally saw a real one today).
What's up with Sony? They make sweet-assed notebooks and TVs, but their consoles all look like shit! (apart from the PSP, not that it's done it any good)
Where am I going with this?
Mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce
The PS3 looks great, much better than the C64 "breadbox"
1.40 in REAL US dollars? Wow, I always thought that Canadian dollars was real because, ya know, I've been only burning American twenties by the truckload up here in Canada to keep me warm from our terrible weather. Can't find my toque, eh.
Really i thought the 20s burnt too quickly to I suck to the Benjamins.
Wii ballin'
Ahh, yet another joke at the expense of Canadians, way to spread america's chauvinism Engadet!
I thought everyone knew that Canadian Tire money was the real Canadian currency. Why else would the Canadian mint keep trying to make their money look like Canadian Tire money?
Long live Canadian Tire!
Well I bet it won't have any backwards compatibility issues.
Actually, that looks like a old rev PS2... so it probably doesn't work with newer PS2 games.
You have to admire at least their persistence and guts to try to pull of a stunt like that. And you have to feel sorry for the buyer for their stupidity in buying it as well..
All in all, it makes a nice story at the dinner table. I'd still buy it, if it was relatively unscratched and worked fine and if the auction featured a "Best Offer" on Ebay.
PS2 isn't all that bad if you get it for $1.40 (oh Engadget, you're going to get some bitter Canadians knocking on your door).
(Nicholas)
http://www.tingog.com
My PS2 looks just like that one and it plays all the newer games. I did't know that there was and issue with them.
It's a joke, not a scam. There's a difference. Just because someone has a little fun with words and decides to have a chuckle with other eBayers over the hype of the PS3 doesn't make the sellers intentions evil.
There are multiple pictures of the "product". He points out multiple times that this is a PS1 and a PS2 taped together with duct tape. Read the comments section on the auction.
Dirty pool calling such a well thought out joke of an auction a scam. :(
I totally aggree with you, I had lots of fun showing this auction to other people I know. We all got a kick out of his description of the duct tape as high performance.
Also, someone on Digg I think pointed out that while the PS1's cd tray can open, the PS2's tray is blocked by the duct tape, hehe
$152.50 USD = $133.705 CAD.
The pound sterling belittles all your currencies... Hurrah :D
re: What do urine samples and Canadian beer have in common? The taste
thats because canadian urine IS 99% beer
Wow this is so unbelievably dumb. Slow news day or something?
Hate to disappoint ya but our beer over here in the UK and Europe pretty much craps over both Canadian AND US beer ;-)
You're right!
The only exception being Canadian Unibrue's "Trois Pistols", "Fin Du Mont", and their legendary "Terrible" which is deceptively smooth at 21 proof (10.5%).
Don't even get me started on the 4% disco/light beers...
Is Bud the same taste here in Canada as the States and is that what your beer tastes like? Plus there is no snow here in Kamloops B.C. I wish there was but sadly no. What percent liquer is your beer? Is Coors light taste like crap accross the border to? Um wierd our doller is close to yours but for some reason we still pay way more than Americans for books and such (the price on the back USA $7 CAN $22.95) Does anybody know what Canadian tire is in the states?
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I think some people need to listen to "Canadian Idiot" by Weird Al, now that's funny.
Oh, please. I'm as angered by eBay scammers as anybody (more than most, probably), but for something to be a scam, there has to be intent to deceive. This guy is CLEARLY not trying to fool anybody. He's just selling his old PS and PS2, trying to do so in an amusing fashion, and succeeding nicely, I think.
The gem of the page is his answer towards the bottom when asked if he'll be offering a PS6 in the future:
"No, that's just ridiculous. I'm not made of duct tape."
From the "Questions from members" from the Ebay posting:
Q: Do you have plans to release a Playstation 6 in the future?
A: No, that's just ridiculous. I'm not made of duct tape.
this guy is a phreakin genius.
Wups, get with the times Paul!
Canadian currency is almost on par with your colourless (that's not a typo) US Dollars.
$100 Canadian is worth about $90 US
Thank your president :)
Someone showed this to me earlier. I dont know how it qualifies as a scam. He doesn't hide what it is at all. He explains the whole thing.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300051023981
Ok, I have truly deleted Engadget from my RSS programs, and I have vowed to stop reading it.
I also believe that your precious George Bush is a douche.
I like the beer jokes. It's funny that we tell the same urine joke regarding American beer in Canada. This conversation is insane. Canadian beer is different across the country and there are a tonne of brewers. On average Canadian beer is darker and has more alcohol. There are Canadian beers that rival European beers just are there are American beers that rival European beers. Homogenizing an entire country in either case is a asinine waste of time. Lastly, our money is not increasing in value the American dollar has dropped substantially. It only took six years for people to vote in some change; good work with the midterm elections. Oh and I guess I should say something about the auction; laugh, it's a joke.
You Canadians are so sensitive.
This is in no way a scam. It's more like topical humor. You would have to be an utter freaking moron to actually buy it thinking you'll get a PS3. That's actually not a bad price for a PS1/2 and a few controllers though :)
"re: What do urine samples and Canadian beer have in common? The taste thats because canadian urine IS 99% beer"
lmao. I'm Canadian, but I have to say besides "Keith's" Local east coast beer. I prefer a number of the European beers eg Kilkenny and Guinness. Although my fellow Canadians should know that Canada's largest brewery is partly owned by Americans - Molson, and Labatt which also owns my own Keith's as well is owned by InBev a Belgian company. Funny how I don't give a shit about how much the Canadian dollar is worth as long as the $20 still gets me the same amount of booze ;) In all seriousness though... BEER!
This article was one something? I can't remember what... I guess it wasn't that interesting lol
MMMMMM Cant wait to get to the bar for my Canucks game and some tasty Molson Canadian yum and 25 cent hot wings allll right. Oh and I really dont think most Canadians care what anyone says (Well theres wierdos every where) but I think its super funny how I got asked if we rode dog sleds and lived in egloos plus we watched people put there winter clothes on at the border coming home, like come on thats priceless. (specially since it gets to 40 degrees celcius which I dont know farin or how to spell your temp setting)its f***** hot
One thing I have noted from reading blog entries....is not to make any of these silly remarks because they can spark a large reaction.
Wow! the auction is over C$1,000.00!!!
Do you think the highest bidder knows what there doing? Cause thats crazy..
Ya he is funny but I am at work and have no time to care about my spelling or grammer and can only think about my ppv game in 25 min. And IE has no spell checker (at least not that I know of)
And to quote
"It is also too bad that the representation from the Canadian populace further propagates the stereotype. When you use expletives instead of your vocabulary it gives the impression of being ignorant."
I am sure no one feels anyone on the internet represents there country its the internet. Dont take things Seriously.
Canadians are some of the worlds BEST people. I was up in Vancouver area this summer, the natives are friendly to the point of weird. I thought maybe my fly was open, but no.. just in Canada. Too bad they can't spell very well though.. AAAye
No please, take it seriously.
If people do not take the internet seriously where will I get half of my entertainment while I am at work?
And speaking as a what I would like to think is an intelligent representation of Canada. I think I can take the joke in the post as just that, I mean most of the Canadians I know make fun of the dismal state our currency used to be in.
If you can't laugh at yourself just give up, cause you obviously have no sense of humor :)
The auction has been removed by eBay.
That's too bad.
That's pretty rude engadget, making fun of canadians like that. I am such a devoted reader of your website - I check this website 10 times a day, but I dont think I like your site as much now, because that was a pretty rude thing to say.
@ Alain Just a response to Canadian breweries owning the US I thought I would point out that Canada's two biggest brewers are both owned by US companies (and as such, all of their sub-companies) Canada's remaining "big" brewery, Sleeman, was bought by a Japanese company. Outside of microbreweries and some others, there are very few big, nationally distributed, Canadian beer brewers left.
Well, if the editors have to start making cracks at Canadians to get some readership, I think it's probably time I stop visiting this site.
Low, stupid blow.
I, also resent the anti-Canadian comments, and think that Engadget should do something in the way of apologizing to everyone they just alienated.