EB Cancels PS3 Pre-Orders; eBay Gets Bombed

Over the weekend, PS3 pre-order winning bids on eBay soared up to $2000 a piece. I'll be honest, I was hoping to jump onto that rickety bandwagon of cash prizes and set out pre-sunrise Sunday morning to numerous Toys R Us in hopes of obtaining the coveted $50 pre-order receipt. Alas, the sleeping baggers won, and I went home with a little richer, a little sadder and with a vanilla soy latte in hand. Now, I may be glad for that, because according to Evil Avatar, EB Games stores in Canada are about to receive notice of all PS3 pre-orders sold on eBay. This unfortunate list of doom means all pre-order numbers specified are not to be honored come launch date November 17th. EB Games' move was facilitated by eBay's new policy surrounding pre-sales, which basically allows for one pre-sale per account, and a photo of the receipt must be listed.

According to frantic and furious forum posts on eBay over the weekend, PayPal accounts with money from a PS3 pre-sale were being locked in their entirety.

In possibly related news, the eBay PayPal Headquarters blew up last night. Okay, maybe a window just shattered, but there was still a bomb. At 7:31pm, authorities were called to the building after a bomb exploded outside an exit at the PayPal building. 26 employees were inside the building at the time, but thankfully no one was hurt. This is likely just an impeccable coincidence, but if I had listed a PS3 pre-order, pocketed two grand and then blew it all away on coke and hookers before even picking up the PS3, I'd certainly want to blow some shit up.

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