I'm new to Ebay, and I'm extremely confused!

Are people just not doing their research, or are they extremely gullible?!?

I came to ebay in search of good deals on consumer electronics, and I've found it to be startling how frequent people purchase items for well over the CURRENT retail value.

I have been looking to bid on a playstation 3 for a few months now, and what I have seen is amazing!

People are bidding and purchasing systems that retail for $399 and $499 for well over $600! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Let me break this down people: PS3 systems ARE NOT HARD TO COME BY!  You can walk into ANY "big-box" (i.e. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc.) store in your near-by shopping center and find a 40gb PS3 -- I GUARANTEE ANY STORE THEY ARE ON EVERY SHELF!

The 80gb PS3 is a bit harder to come-by but with careful planning you can again save yourself the headache and gas money and find one at cost, $499, by just going online or calling around to your local stores; the reason most stores don't have them in stock is because THEY HAVE NOT SOLD WELL!

Please save yourself some bread and DO YOUR RESEARCH!  Do not let these crooks convince you that they're "giving you something for FREE" Motorstorm or the Spider Man Blue Ray DVD are bundled with 99.9% of the systems sold IN THE STORE. THEY AREN"T GIVING YOU A THING!  The 40bg system comes with spider man 3 and the 80gb system comes with Motorstorm.

Please make the bidding experience pleasant for all of us by not bidding on things at ridiculously inflated prices, so that it is impossible to find reasonable prices.

My two cents...