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Craigslist PS2 slim comes roach-infested photo

I've heard of bugs in games before, but this is ridiculous!

GameTrailers user VictoriousOne might have called his Craigslist purchase of a PS2 Slim a victory if it hadn't be infested with vermin. His PS2 Fat gave up the ghost, so he was pumped about his inexpensive replacement until it stopped working after a bit. When he opened it up to try to repair it, he found dead cockroaches, roach waste and roach eggs inside. He says that "eggs were all over the place." Delicious.

Even with this disgusting find, VictoriousOne looks at the upside, and credits the hardware for lasting so long. He says that the PS2 was in continual use, as the previous owner said it was constantly being played until the Wii took over, which was two days before purchase. 

The pictures above are gross, but don't account for the roaches that fell all over VO's carpet. The unlucky gamer maintains that he has a clean house. "I guess it's time to wash my hands and vacuum the fu*king carpet!" he says.

The moral of this story? Make sure that the people you buy from on Craigslist aren't filthy.

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Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:05
Diverse
This is fucking beyond disgusting. Makes you wonder if there's shit crawling around inside your systems.
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:08
mr spooky
Say Beetlejuice 3 times, that is once.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:15
Chris Carter
BEETLEJUICE!

Don't do it!
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:18
Krow
BEETLEJUICE!

Interesting.
CitizenErased's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:24
CitizenErased
Stop being BIASED against the PlayStation 2!!!
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:25
Chris Carter

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
trunxkam45's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:44
trunxkam45
I cracked open my NES a while ago and found several cockroach corpses!!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 21:51
Darren Nakamura
Ew. Gross.
luvmysegadc's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 22:08
luvmysegadc
I wonder how often this happens at your local GameStop?
OK, yes, I dislike GameStop a lot, but some stores deserve to be infested with real cockroaches to go along with the human cockroach employees!
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 22:27
Xhumation
Let me guess, he bought this from a guy called Joe and he had an apartment. you know..Joe's Apartment.
Jawmuncher's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 22:40
Jawmuncher
Seriously Joe's Apartment was an awesome movie
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 22:50
Naim Master
My first PS2 controller stopped working 3 days after I bought it , then I unpluged it to seee why , and I saw a spider with webs in it .
Dark Mark's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 22:59
Dark Mark
@luvmysegadc

As a one-time Gamestop employee, I can attest that many consoles turned in by customers had some kind of insect problems, typically roaches.

It's not the stores that are filthy, it's that insects are attracted to warm, dark places like consoles. Turn the damn thing off when you're not playing!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 23:20
Chronic Logic
So thss PS2 had a brain tumor?
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 23:35
mrplow8
I've never used Craigslist for anything, but it seems like everytime I hear something about it it's something like this. Is anyone on Craigslist not filthy?
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 23:51
Chris Carter
@mrplow
I've used craigs list to sell my car, sell a 360, and sell 3-4 games. It's actually quite good. You're supposed to do it locally, make a phone call to build up a bit of rapport, ask for cash, and meet up in person for the deal. As long as you take all the proper risks you should be fine.
MellowBunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 00:33
MellowBunny
I'll make a note in the near future to never buy anything off Craigslist ever....
Gimic300's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 05:23
Gimic300
Wow, after seeing the thread a couple days ago on GT, I never thought it would end up here.

You call those cockroaches? Come up to NYC, I'll show you cockroaches.
exodus1925's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 05:57
exodus1925
Worst we ever found in my store was several bags of weed in the expansion port of the PS2 chunky.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 06:41
atastysammich
@exodus1925
What's the bad news?
hbl's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 09:06
hbl
Could say this was a Slim victory? I know, I know, I bug the hell out of me too. Oh they just keep coming, I'm stacking up the puns like comedy jenga.
Xenomorph52's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 09:22
Xenomorph52
I laughed so damn hard at the first line in this story.
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 10:55
CRAZYAPE69
I wonder what his Wii is like now.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2009 17:29
Holyetheline
Guess the PS2 slim could be a bit more slim so there's not enough room for roaches to breed and shit all over everything in it.
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