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PS3 News \ PSN Finds Stolen PS3

An unlucky PS3 owner registered his newly purchased system on PSN for the first time to discover that police investigators were watching. When logging onto the PlayStation Network the console automatically signed into the previous owner’s account, allowing the console to be tracked via IP Address.

Dustin Weller, from Cleveland in the United States received the console from his fiancée as a gift in June. Less than a month later Dustin was shocked by police investigators arriving at his home to inform him that the PlayStation 3 console was stolen and to demand answers on how Mr. Weller acquired the device.

Weller’s fiancée purchased the console from 3D-Games thinking it would be a nice gift considering her soon to be husband had recently suffered a shoulder injury. The police confiscated the PS3 leaving Mr. Weller without his precious console. In a positive spin 3D-Games supplied Mr. Weller with a replacement Xbox 360 free-of-charge.

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K-Man
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K-Man says:  
So this is how Microsoft is blowing away their competitive rival. By making game store sites receive stolen PS3s, then giving away those stolen PS3s only by having them confiscated by the cops and then the person gets a free 360.

Touche Microsoft.
1 days ago
California, U.S | MyPS3, MyWii, MyDS
antiskepti
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antiskepti says:  
the cops wanted a new ps3, so they struck a deal with 3dgames, got some newly brought machines owners details, told them they were stolen and swapped em all for 360's.....nice racket they got there! lol
3 days ago
Melbourne, Australia
SpaceSteve
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SpaceSteve says:  
Positive spin??? A 360??? Must be in bizaro world.
3 days ago
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy
stax28
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stax28 says:  
id would complain to 3d games and ask for a ****ing ps3.... i want what i paid for ya sleazy ****s!!!
4 days ago
PSNID= payzee87
firzen
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firzen says:  
LOL! that's really funny! XD XD XD
4 days ago
[My PSN is Ungol-firzen-]----{Sarasota, Florida}
smASHer
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smASHer says:  
Its hard to beleive the store did this out of 'good will' .. i dare say someone at that store is a bit dodgy
4 days ago
Kialla Shepparton, Victoria
reags
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reags says:  
thats a silly replacement.
4 days ago
Outside your window, behind those trees..
cheese_man
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cheese_man says:  
The police used their ps3 to track the stolen ps3. Lol

They got ripped off getting a 360 in return, he would of also had atleast 1 ps3 game .. maybe more so that makes it worse.
4 days ago
Perth, WA
iaculch
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iaculch says:  
Honestly, when my laptop and DS's and stuff got stolen when my house got robbed, I'd rather get insurance to pay for a BRAND NEW one and wait a few weeks than to have my OLD stuff back after its been in the filthy hands of a theif.

Just my opinion anyway
4 days ago
Sydney
wutang01
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wutang01 says:  

SiR409 said: How the heck did the store get a stolen PS3 in the first place??



That's what I'm wondering!

And how rude of 3D-Games to give a replacement Xbox 360. Seriously, that's bad business ... he bought a PS3, he wants a PS3, give him a PS3 replacement you idiots.

So hmm ... I'm wondering, can Sony or police track "stolen PS3s" through the console's serial number? Or MAC address?
4 days ago
Brisbane
ICC_06
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ICC_06 says:  

SiR409 said: How the heck did the store get a stolen PS3 in the first place??



I assume a trade-in and purchased second hand.
4 days ago
Why so serious?
Jet
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Jet says:  
she payed for a ps3 and he ended up getting a xbox 360... ripped off!
4 days ago
Brisbane
SiR409
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SiR409 says:  
How the heck did the store get a stolen PS3 in the first place??
4 days ago
In front of my PS3
ICC_06
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ICC_06 says:  

Kerrby said:

Luke4123 said: Quite interesting. Hopefully this will stop people from stealing.



He got a freww Xbox 360 instead though .



I dont get that surely the store have to give him a PS3 back since they sold him the stolen goods, unless they don't actually have to do anything in this situation?
4 days ago
Why so serious?
Kerrby
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Kerrby says:  

Luke4123 said: Quite interesting. Hopefully this will stop people from stealing.



He got a freww Xbox 360 instead though .
4 days ago
Melbourne, Victoria
Luke4123
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Luke4123 says:  
Quite interesting. Hopefully this will stop people from stealing.
4 days ago
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