I'd say what the hell and buy it. If it's stolen, don't give him your name and if he gets busted the cops will never find you. Atleast, that's what I'd do for a cheap PS3.
[quote name='Thomas96']I wouldn't buy it... because the owner [who it got stolen from] could have had it registered, and time you try to go online with it, thats when its lost property found, and you can't get a refund... 350 is a lot of money to gamble with... when for 150 dollars more, you can have a guarantee, a receipt, and piece of mind.[/QUOTE]There's no way to get caught if you delete the account first, even then I doubt they can track you. I'm fairly confident they can't tell the system's serial number by signing onto the network, and even then, does everybody really register their system?
And would the cops really go to the trouble to ask Sony to look for a stolen system over their network? They probably aren't even aware it's possible.
And come on, you guys have never had to pay bills before?