Tech Jack Tretton Wants To Give You $1,200

BLADDER_MASTER · Feb 9, 2007

Jack Tretton Wants To Give You $1,200

"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it."

Electronic Gaming Monthly, in an interview with Sony's Jack Tretton in early January, mentioned the recent availability of his company's console: "...it seemed like about 50 percent of the people in line were there to make a quick buck on eBay. And now we're seeing a lot more units on store shelves." Jack seemed a tad surprised by this, but he put his money where his mouth is: "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it. I can get any retail buyer on the phone with you and get them to verify that there's not a single retail location in America where there's a PlayStation 3 on the shelf for sale. They've all been sold in a matter of minutes." After EGM let Tretton know they had indeed phoned 18 stores and found half of them had PS3s in stock, some stores with as many as 20 consoles, Jack held firm "if only nine of the 18 stores you contacted had supplies, that seems to be a clear indication that sales continue to be outstanding." So there you have it, Jack's not backing down. We're guessing our check is already in the mail.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xxiv-jack-tretton-wants-to-give-you/

Paolino · Feb 9, 2007

Besy Buy in Montgomery, AL has them sitting there...

supermann423 · Feb 9, 2007

Los Angeles, CA best buy in my area has a few too lol just sitting there behind the counter lol

Barnacules · Feb 10, 2007

Every single Walmart in Washington State has about a half dozen of them sitting on the shelves. I want my $1200 I asked the guy at Walmart why they had so many and he said they were all returns, it appears that as soon as the prices on ebay started dropping to at or below retail people just brought them back and got a refund.

falnfenix · Feb 11, 2007

heard about taht yesterday...when in an interview, the interviewer said "we found that out of 10 stores in the area, 5 had more than 5 on the shelf for at least a day or so"...he then circumvented his promise, and never paid out.

basically, it's a bluff...and when called on it, he backed down.

Barnacules · Feb 11, 2007

What a tard bait

JspeXAE102 · Feb 11, 2007

somebody need to stab that idiot.

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