[Fezzik]

Honestly, I was weary of buying a Sony console after the debacle I experienced buying a PSOne on launch day in 95' (within a year it was worthless from laser and overheating problems). My solution was this....I bought a refurb. I figured that being a refurb any out of the box problems had already been remedied, and aside from a lost game save (due to freeze-up) and another freeze-up, my PS2 held up very well. A company on half.com sells refurb PS2s and X-Boxes, which is where I got my PS2 from. They sell them (with full warranty) for about $260.