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PS5 and Xbox Series X scalpers are assholes
- Thread starter Jack Bauer
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I don't really despise people who scalp game consoles. It definitely sucks for those who really want to play on day one and who are unable to get one. But they'll get them eventually. I think people who scalp limited items like concert tickets or collectors editions are quite a bit scummier.
Scalpers of any products are assholes. I had to deal with that with my Switch. I had to deal with it when getting a PS5 of my own and trying (and failing) to get one for a good friend. But they are sadly apart the FOMO marketing that all of these tech companies are seemingly involving themselves in and it is working (given I have purchased from scalpers before, I am part of the issue).
Blame the people who buy from them. If there was no market, they wouldn't exist.
Some people just have too much money to waste. Game consoles are hardly the only thing this applies to. The more money you have, the less it actually means to you. It's just like how $100 is a lot to a kid but not to most adults.
ngl, so far it's been extremely nostalgic having to like camp out with multiple tabs open but it reminds me of sneaker hunting in the early 2000s. That said... I did want flip a couple to help pay for an engagement ring...
From an opportunity cost perspective, this is a thing he can do only every five to six years.
So quick back of the napkin math--20k/6 is 3,333k extra per year. He can make that in two months delivering pizzas--part time.
I don't get scalpers lol. Seems like such a hassle.
This 'me first at the expense of everyone else' attitude is exactly what is wrong with the world.
I have a few mates doing this. Really annoys me as I have other friends who haven't been able to get pre orders. All their excuses for doing it are complete bs.
I had an extra pre order in, just asked a friend if he wanted it at normal price. Would prefer someone who wants it to be able to enjoy it without taking advantage of them.
I had an extra pre order in, just asked a friend if he wanted it at normal price. Would prefer someone who wants it to be able to enjoy it without taking advantage of them.
Idk why people are paying these scalper prices. Nobody has patience, lol.
Sony and MS want to crank these out. These are not sneakers.
I would never pay those prices and just wait like I always have.
Sony and MS want to crank these out. These are not sneakers.
I would never pay those prices and just wait like I always have.
This.
Factor in all the idiotic emails, the no-shows, the low-ballers. You're making less than minimum wage.
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I sold a PS5 disk version locally for $1200. I had no intention of reselling but that profit was too good to pass up.
*disc.
Cash, Venmo or Zelle? I'm asking because I want to do it safely without getting scammed or killed.I sold a PS5 disc version locally for $1200. I had no intention of reselling but that profit was too good to pass up.
Damn, I've been spelling it wrong for a minute lmaoo Ah well 😂😂😂
It can't be worse than people who took advantage of the high demand of face masks, bought all of them and sold them at ridiculous prices.
Now that the supply matched the demand you see them selling them at 50% of their normal price lol.
Assholes.
Now that the supply matched the demand you see them selling them at 50% of their normal price lol.
Assholes.
I don't really understand that math. You are assuming this is the only thing they got going in their life at all is reselling PlayStation's. Even then. Their bot automatically did all the work. Charged it to some credit card getting hella reward points. Probably take less than a week to unload all those. I doubt more than 4 hours of effort is being put in a day to resell, but let's say 8 hours spent for 5 days of work. Puts this person at around $570 an hour lol. Assuming they get full value I see digital at $900 fine, but disc at $1000 not $1100. Now you tell someone they can make 20k in a week or work at a pizza place for a year. Let me know which one they pick.
But it's every 6 years lol. It makes more sense if you do it consistently, with other items like sneakers.
Damn you ain't kidding. Even I'm tempted on getting another one to sell.
Yeah scalpers suck, but people keep buying from them.
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They probably scalp other stuff too but ps5/XSX are the hot items ATM
Fuck both of them - and anyone here that pre-ordered multiple systems for "backups".
Sites like eBay could easily put a stop to this, but it's not in their interests to do so - since they take a cut of the sale.
We can only hope.
Sales are online-only, many people are still on lockdown - or back on lockdown, and it's Xmas season on top of that.
If you don't buy a scalped system, you're probably not going to get one until next year. FOMO is very strong right now.
Can't believe people were paying between a grand and 2 for the trash that are Yeezies. Holy fuck do people have shit taste.
It's less of an issue with mass produced products like this, but it's still scummy as fuck to take from people that legitimately want one, and then prey on the FOMO of the ones with the cash to drop on the raised price.
What really gets me are the ones that buy up high-demand products from small boutique sellers that actually make what they're selling to just turn around and sell them for like triple the original price.
I was able to secure an extra Xbox and two extra PS5's for kids of my friends. I sold them at cost, and mainly just wanted to save their Christmas, because the parents/grandparents are not the type to know how to quickly secure these things, lol. Fuck scalpers though.
"Fuck anyone" willing to pay for a product they want is a wild take, even if it's cause they're willing/able to pay more than you are.
There were literally dirt-fuckers posting comments saying they're planning on scalping on Sony's Official FB page on the launch posts.
It's one thing to be a scum fuck, it's a whole other thing to float about it.
It's one thing to be a scum fuck, it's a whole other thing to float about it.
That's what I'm saying. Someone grabbing 40+ ps5 and has a chef avatar is not just cooking PS5.
They succeeded in buying something that's hotly demanded (and not a necessity/essential, like the dickheads who tried hoarding sanitation supplies in a pandemic).
I don't think it's scummy to turn around and make a profit off it. I might turn my nose up a bit at it, but some of the rhetoric surrounding the practice is OD.
Idk, man. Just comes across kinda whiny, especially once people start saying "fuck anyone paying this". They're enthusiastic about a thing and made a conscious decision to pay through the nose for it. *shrug* You'll get a console eventually if you missed out in the beginning and don't/can't pay that price.
If people didn't buy the scalped systems, scalping wouldn't be a problem.
The best thing to happen would be that these scalpers are left with stock they couldn't sell, or would have to sell them at cost. But that's not what's going to happen, unfortunately.
People that actually wanted systems to use them would most likely have been able to get them if it were not for scalpers - or at least stood a much higher chance.
So yes, the people buying scalped systems are as much of a problem as the scalpers - since they are the ones enabling it.
Why should people not make a purchase they're willing to make, though? They're paying more because they don't want to wait and they have the ability to do so.
I don't understand why the buyers, of all people here, need to alter their behavior. I don't think it's a wise use of money, but it's theirs to do what they want with and they aren't hurting anyone.