OK, my PS2 which I bought off ebay finally arrived today, but it wasn't in quite the way I expected. It arrived in the "inner" brown box without the outer box, and with no manuals or demo disc or anything. However what was in there does look to be brand new, as advertised. Everything's sealed in plastic coverings with yellow sellotape, and with cable ties as they should be (i.e. it doesn't look like someone took the cable ties and put them back on again - it's all quite neat and "new" looking). But I'm wondering now if everything hardware wise is there? It came with the console itself, one controller, a composite cable and a scart adaptor (it's a PAL PS2), and a plug. The plug is the only thing which kind of looks questionable - there's a tiny scuff on it which is suspicious, but everything else looks fine (at least through the plastic).
So it's not quite what I expected, especially after paying 50 more than what they were selling for in the shops (I got the older "fat" model so I can use the linux dev kit with it - I couldn't get them anywhere locally anymore)...but I don't want the hassle of returning it especially if it is all there, for all intents and purposes, since these are so hard to find now brand new.
So it's not quite what I expected, especially after paying 50 more than what they were selling for in the shops (I got the older "fat" model so I can use the linux dev kit with it - I couldn't get them anywhere locally anymore)...but I don't want the hassle of returning it especially if it is all there, for all intents and purposes, since these are so hard to find now brand new.
He doesn't explicitly say in his own written description that it's a UK PS2, but he had categorised it as "PAL (UK Standard)". He also had a pic accompanying it, showing a PS2 box which mine didn't come in (just the brown cardboard inset). 
