To Each His Own

But I think if these two idiots wanted to take part in a social experiment and see how people reacted to the destruction of a Playstation 3 they could have accomplished similar results if they had taken the $550 and bought breakfast for some homeless people or school children. Two thumbs down for these idiots!

Pair buy a PS3 --and then smash it

By KEVIN CONNOR

Ben Lovatt and Victor Moukhortov waited in line for two days to buy a new PlayStation 3 only to take it to Dundas Square and smash it to bits with a sledge hammer.

"I did it for the thrill and to see people's expression," Moukhortov, a 17-year-old part-time student said yesterday after the public smashing of the PS3 he bought from the downtown Best Buy.

"It was like a social experiment to see people's reaction. It held up pretty well. It took about 15 hits to break it."

The pair both bought two PS3s -- a 20-gigabyte unit worth $550 and a 60-gigabyte unit worth $650. The 20Gb unit was the one destroyed.

"We are going to sell the 60-gigabyte one at a profit to cover the cost of the wrecked one," said Lovatt.

"Some people say we are anti-consumer, but we sure generate a lot of statements."

The downtown Best Buy had 100 PS3 units for sale yesterday.

It's too bad someone would destroy a new PS3 when there are so many people -- like sick children in hospitals-- that would love a chance to play the new system, said Andrew Burt, a Best Buy manager who watched the unit being destroyed.