Techmeme: Wal-mart selling PS3's for $300! Thank you lord! (Nick/You NEWB)

2:40 PM ET, October 25, 2006

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Nick / You NEWB:

Wal-mart selling PS3's for $300! Thank you lord! — It looks like Wal-mart is really looking out for the consumer nowadays by offering us PS3 for only $299! You know how every one was worried about dishing out $599? Forget that. Wal-mart, the retailer that gives us "rolling back prices" …

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