Most Optimistic PS2 owner Ever?

Trawling my MX5 (miata to you US bods) forum for cheap parts, and spotted this listing:
  
http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=258  
  
I mean first off, I'm not convinced I'd have the balls to openly list my modded console with massive archive of games. That said,  I think Sony is still sore enough from the vicious bumming they got the last time they decided to make an example of an individual from the modding community to let this dude slide. 
 
My real issue is the guy's asking price: £300.  
 £300? 
 Seriously? 
 
I spotted that you can pick up a used PS3 120gb for around £150 these days. 
 
Is my finger off the pulse on this, or is this about as crazy as the Portugese supermarket I saw in February this year that was trying to flog a copy of Formula 1 2007 on the PS2 for 69 Euros? I jest not, it was kept in a locked glass cabinet by the tills.  
 
So the point of all this, if you can call it that, is that Portugese people must love F1.

Perhaps he demands such a sum because he's also offering an Eyetoy + games + 300GB HDD. Although even with this features I doubt that anybody will be interested.

Yeah, that is an absurdly high selling price considering the games aren't physical media. Even with the EyeToy and the 300GB hard drive I would expect no more than £150 to come from the sale. Still, if he drops the price by about half he could sell it I reckon. There are still plenty of PS2 titles I want to play, and having a console with no laser wear would be quite convenient. But at that price? Pfft.

The post date is from 2007. £300 still expensive then but more realistic.

it's old, i think it's to much since you can buy a ps2, and buy used ps2 games for cheap. i think the most expensive game for ps2 is probably $15 used.

Posted 21 February 2007

oops - had not spotted that, ok that somewhat makes sense of the madness. 
 
For some reason this popped up on page 2 of the classifieds, which is normally sorted newest entry first. 
 
Apologies all.

Well also, a like-new PS2 thats an original phat, is very hard to come by. I could see it still selling.

I'd buy it.