180 PS3s stolen from a Japanese trucking company
Given that these days, PS3s are selling on the resale market (e.g., eBay) for somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 or $900, someone in Japan stands to make a hefty profit. Asahi.com reports that on the evening of December 5, 180 units were lifted from the Meitetsu transport company's Ibaraki warehouse in Naka city (northeast of Tokyo), which should yield some serious dough, or whatever the Japanese slang for yen is. While this will only drive up the prices of PS3s in the short term (we hear 180 units is 80% of this week's production run), at least this good ol' fashioned theft was the type where no one gets hurt, or killed.[Thanks, kaztm]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ste @ Dec 6th 2006 8:14AM
prepare to see ebay gently flooded with ps3s... or more so now
Eddie @ Dec 6th 2006 8:16AM
Uh... You can't be serious about 80% production, right? That better be some sarcasm; I can't tell
Brad @ Dec 6th 2006 8:21AM
Wow, 180 units is 80% of a weeks production run?! Sony wants to hit 10 million units by the end of next year with output like that? That's delusional.
That has to be a typo or sarcasm, no? If it's true that doesn't bode well for Sony or the Blue-Ray camp.
blackout @ Dec 6th 2006 8:32AM
is it even possible to not make a profit on something you've got for nothing?
or am i just retarded _
Intrepid @ Dec 6th 2006 8:42AM
180 units! That's half of their next shipment! And in my sarcasm, I am likely right!
gid @ Dec 6th 2006 8:53AM
I don't know if they will go to ebay with that... it'd be really stupid if they did
you Know that they know every single serial number that was on that truck... and they'll be able to track it back..
Scott @ Dec 6th 2006 9:20AM
Why steal $900 PS3s when you can steal a shipment of $2000 laptops? Who cares what the original price is if you're stealing it for ZERO dollars anyway?
Tamyu @ Dec 6th 2006 10:06AM
The word in Japan is that this was an inside job, with suspicions that the reportedly stolen PS3s never existed to begin with. They were stolen ON SONY GROUNDS, with security cameras all over the place - not just from a truck parked out somewhere. The truckers are confirmed in the clear, in fact, they never actually saw the shipment - the only other people around the truck? Sony employees supposedly loading the PS3s onto it.
That was supposed to be this week`s shipment.
Sony really is screwing up in more ways than one if this IS an inside job.
The Top Ramen @ Dec 6th 2006 10:31AM
YAKUZA?
bobby @ Dec 6th 2006 10:47AM
If he was smart he would toss one PS3 on ebay every other day, then create a couple of accounts too, so as not to create any attention. Plus some on the local Craigslist and so on... thats about 160,000 in PS3!!!! I'll take the money over the ps3... thankyou
slasherx @ Dec 6th 2006 11:10AM
I wonder if they questioned vin diesel. :D He was in tokyo after all.
Dave @ Dec 6th 2006 11:27AM
OMG PS3 is even more valued than gold!
Tonicboy @ Dec 6th 2006 2:17PM
What does one even do with 180 PS3s? You can't sell more than a few a week on eBay, and you have to keep creating new accounts or else it will become painfully obvious that you are the thief.
Aaron @ Dec 10th 2006 1:47AM
"Hey...hey buddy. Yeah, you. Come here for a minute..."
*leads guy into an alley, opens trenchcoat full of PS3s*