I've seen several PS3 consoles for sale here that are vastly overpriced, their RRP's are wrong and I'd be amazed if they ever sell. Last time I checked, Amazon are selling the 40GB PS3 for 280, typically shops sell at 299 but usually they have deals on which start at 309 and go up to 350+.
I've also seen some bargains going on PS3 consoles here. I got my 40GB PS3 from Amazon last Christmas for 269 with a free HDMI cable, it was the best deal around at the time. I don't know why people think the 60GB is worth so much more, a proper PS2 console is going to be much better for playing the old games.