Consider me a proud temporary owner of a new PS2. Well not exactly new, but kinda of a steal at $195.00 (before S/H costs, I would imagine it would balloon well over $210.00 with insurance). It includes:

- PS2 console
- MGS1
- 2 controllers
- memory card

With all these items new would be, approximately $314.00, (give or take $20-$40), and with GST & PST it would be $359.53. I'm somewhat disappointed considering that I'm a lousy cheap fuck and I expected to get every damn thing for under or at least around $100. But considering all the things that I don't have to buy extra, it would well worth it in time and money. Kinda funny though considering I probably spent more valued time on finding a PS2 as opposed to just going out and buying a new one...such is the life of the semi-employed I guess. Wasting time is also an investment when I'm at the bottom.

However this isn't for me...no. I'm much too immature to handle the repsonsiblity of a gaming system anymore. The most I can handle is a short romp that is offered by the GBA SP. It's actually for my brother...it was his birthday yesterday. He already has an X-Box and in someways I'm trying to convert him to a PS2. Granted this might piss him off, but considering the savings, he might look pass it. The thing is, the PS2 IMHO is actually a good system for a "base" system. A type of system where you need in a way to keep up with the times considering that the PS2 is getting *most* of the goodies of gaming IMHO.

The only thing that kinda irked me is that whne I looked at the reviews of all the seller, he had good ratings, but always as a *buyer* never a seller it seems. One transaction was considered private. This also adds suspect to why nobody bidded on this...I mean the last PS2 bid I went to was a fucking vulture fest...yet another one that I missed (very cheaply I might add as well) had little bids, but seemed the better deal.

I think it could be the whole idea of *added* cost of the games to the console. Or being stuck with a console with a game that no one apparently wants. It seems very peculiar. Not to mention how this auction just popped up out of the blue to me...and went 7 entire days without a single bid. It could be the fact that the starting bid was at $140.00 to start out with (I was the only bidder) and fuck...the more I think about it, the more I think I was screwed. However usually sellers start out cheap to lure in more buyers like $9.99 for a legitimate PS2 which balloons up to a price of $200 aftewards.

Aw well, we'll see. Besides, it's all insured anyways. Well I'm still not out of the woods yet. Here's good luck to me.