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EB Game is releasing its jack-booted foot soldiers and coming after your dubious eBay pre-order ass! Flexing its gestapo muscle, the company is apparently dead set on tracking down all pre-orders up for auction. An insider over at game site Evil Avatar states:
Today during a conference call, managers of EB Games stores in Canada were told that a list is being made of all pre-orders for Playstation 3's that have been posted for sale on eBay. Lists will be distributed to individual stores and all pre-orders that have appeared on eBay will be canceled by EB in the very near future. According to the information I've been given, this is a joint initiative between EB Games, Sony and eBay. eBay's new policy regarding pre-order sales has made this possible by requiring that all pre-order listings include a photo of the receipt.
Just mentions Canada, but wow. Big brother! If this is true, we assume EB would do the same in America. As creepy as this is, it actually could ensure those who want a console at launch have a better chance of getting one. And will only have to pay Sony's outrageous price and not eBay's.
EB To Put A Stop To eBay [Evil Avatar via Game|Life]
