# $69.50 for a refurbished PS3? What's the catch? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/69-50-for-a-refurbished-ps3-whats-the-catch/532650 "2010-03-16T14:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/69-50-for-a-refurbished-ps3-whats-the-catch/532650/1 "2010-03-16T14:43:45Z")
While shopping for a refurb Playstation 3, [this link](http://us.luciddeals.com/ps3) was near the top of Google’s search results. What’s the catch? Is it a piece of crap? Am I buying an empty PS3 box? Is there any reason I shouldn’t jump on this? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/69-50-for-a-refurbished-ps3-whats-the-catch/532650/2 "2010-03-16T14:51:17Z")
[From Yahoo Answers (really? yes, really)](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100307131400AAmmV44) > [@](#): > > When you click on the button ‘check out’ or ‘BUY’, it sends you to 3 pages that require sign-up or registry. for example, they will offer you 15 subscriptions such as Blockbuster, NetFlix, Colombia House Music, etc etc. You WILL HAVE to subscribe to 3 of them before check out, which requires tons of forms and headaches. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/69-50-for-a-refurbished-ps3-whats-the-catch/532650/3 "2010-03-16T15:47:33Z")
Ignorance fought. Thanks!