Rumor: eBay, EB, and Sony to Cancel Playstation 3 Pre-Order Auctions?

According to a forum poster on Evil Avatar who implies he's a manager of an Electronics Boutique in Canada, eBay, Sony, and EB will be working together to track down and cancel any pre-orders of the Playstation 3 that appear on the auction site.

Today during a conference call, managers of EB Games stores in Canada were told that a list is being made of all pre-orders for Playstation
3's that have been posted for sale on eBay. Lists will be distributed to individual stores and all pre-orders that have appeared on eBay will be canceled by EB in the very near future. According to the information
I've been given, this is a joint initiative between EB Games, Sony and eBay. eBay's new policy regarding pre-order sales has made this possible by requiring that all pre-order listings include a photo of the receipt.

Referring to an eBay policy restricting console pre-order auctions that requires a picture of the receipt, the Evil Avatar poster claims that EB will remove the Playstation 3 pre-order from their system for any receipt from EB that shows up in an eBay auction.

I don't yet know if it's true, but the general lack of bluster from the poster gives it some air of plausibility. And if EB Canada is doing it, perhaps Gamestop and EB in the US will do the same - giving me a shot at picking up a PS3 pre-order again.

EB Games to cancel PS3 pre-orders [Evil Avatar]

Update: According to Next Generation, the rumor is baseless. A pity!