PS2 makes boy earn 65,400 €

[VG Aficionado]

PS2 makes boy GBP 44K(News) (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=80027)

by Rob Purchese

18/07/07 16:36

A 16 year-old lad from Norfolk who bought a PlayStation 2 on eBay ended up receiving GBP 44,000.

He paid 95 quid for the console that arrived without two of the promised games, but was soon cheered up to find an enormous lump of EUR 65,400 in the box, according to the BBC.

Spoilsport parents soon intervened and phoned the Police, who are now holding the cash while they investigate its origins. Should the matter remain unsolved the boy's family could potentially reclaim the money through the Police Property Act.

Mysterious seller "Sony" couldn't be tracked down, but sales in PlayStation 2 consoles on eBay have since gone through the roof. Ah, if only.
:lol:

[Viper]

What a way to get people to buy the console. What an incredible viral form of marketing. It's bribery on some levels but unique to this industry to the point of being intersting.


Granted it's most likely not from Sony themselves and some poor schmuk probably left a bank deposit in there by accident.

[Phoenix]

I don't know how well it should work. If anything, it would increase eBay sales, which don't help Sony much, and judging by the last part of the article, that's happening.

[Boggy700]

I thought this was going to be a bizarro 'Games Made My Son Kill' thread.
Something like,
"A teenager has been playing Sim City games for years, and has now started making money on real-estate."
And I was going to have to... actually, I don't know what the opposite of my other posts would be.

[masonite]

What a way to get people to buy the console. What an incredible viral form of marketing. It's bribery on some levels but unique to this industry to the point of being intersting.


Granted it's most likely not from Sony themselves and some poor schmuk probably left a bank deposit in there by accident.

baseless speculation is now allowed on the forums? great!

*gets stuck into the nintendo forum*

*has viper up all night arguing*

*changes mind, decides to bathe in the moral high ground*

;););)

[Viper]

I really should add smileys to my own sarcasm.

[masonite]

i really should add winking faces to my own joking posts.

[TheGreenElf]

I wouldn't mind buying my fourth one if this were the case.

[the poe collector]

I bet the kid is really happy his parents called the Police about it.


THANKS A LOT MOM AND DAD!

[the boney king of nowhere.]

yeah, i would have just kept the money...

[Derrick Barra]

He could have just upgraded to a PS3 for that much money.

[VG Aficionado]

Yeah, and also could have had a drug dealer hunting him down to get back his retirement money that he forgot had hidden inside the PS2 hard drive bay.

[Derrick Barra]

Yeah, and also could have had a drug dealer hunting him down to get back his retirement money that he forgot had hidden inside the PS2 hard drive bay.

Meh, Little Big Planet would be worth it.