Start at the beginning

I suppose the first question many people will have about this is what is the point exactly? That's a fair question to be sure, but to answer it, I need to go back to before the beginning, which just made the title of the post a complete lie.

The simple answer is that I'm a consumer whore. I love new gadgets, though I've been known to quickly get bored of them and move on to something new. But if that were the sole reason, I'd just go out and buy the damn thing already.

So, another part of the answer is that I already own an XBox 360 and a Wii, so if I just went out and bought the PS3, my wife would, in all probability, kill me. And most likely she'd do it slowly.

But, I reasoned, if I bought it with money that otherwise wouldn't exist she wouldn't care. As it turns out, that line of thought was right on the money. I'll leave it up to you to decide if the pun was intended. In fact, when I mentioned the idea to my wife, she laughed in my face. I was not phased, being used to this sort of reaction.

I've got a lot of free time, most of which is spent aimlessly surfing the internet. Pretty often, I'll see websites offering money for various things. Surely, these sites aren't for real? But maybe they are, and it could be fun finding out what's real and what's not. And don't call me Shirley.

So that's how I started my quest. I will purchase a PS3 using only money earned online. Ebay doesn't count. I'll document the sites and methods I'm using and let you know what works and what doesn't. More importantly, I'll let you know who pays and who doesn't. Most importantly, I'll let you know how much they pay. And maybe I'll get some time to talk about video games, too.