I've seen people ASKING if anyone has a xbox series x and offering almost double.
I'm more shocked people are willing to spend 2-3x MSRP
From an opportunity cost perspective, this is a thing he can do only every five to six years.Good god, He's gotta be making like 20k profit off that, assuming he sells them depending on how he sells. Maybe just giving them out to existing previous console fans 1 per customer was the right idea.
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.
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 sold a PS5 disk version locally for $1200. I had no intention of reselling but that profit was too good to pass up.
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.
Cash, Venmo or Zelle? I'm asking because I want to do it safely without getting scammed or killed.
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.
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.This.
Factor in all the idiotic emails, the no-shows, the low-ballers. You're making less than minimum wage.
But it's every 6 years lol. It makes more sense if you do it consistently, with other items like sneakers.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.
They probably scalp other stuff too but ps5/XSX are the hot items ATMBut it's every 6 years lol. It makes more sense if you do it consistently, with other items like sneakers.
Fuck both of them - and anyone here that pre-ordered multiple systems for "backups".never blame the seller
blame the buyer that allows the market to exist
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.Idk why people are paying these scalper prices. Nobody has patience, lol.
It's always been bad, but over the past few years it seems like the resellers have gotten more good at the game and companies are doing nothing about it. Now you have all these sneaker resellers getting in on the new consoles.
Yes.
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.Eh.
It's theirs to do what they want with. They're not forcing anyone to do anything, and we're talking about entertainment products, not vital merchandise.
I've never really gotten the ire they get.
Correct
Gamers are experiencing what sneaker heads have been going through the last few years.
How I feel. I want a PS5 so bad but I can wait.Blame the people who buy from them. If there was no market, they wouldn't exist.
"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.
That's what I'm saying. Someone grabbing 40+ ps5 and has a chef avatar is not just cooking PS5.But it's every 6 years lol. It makes more sense if you do it consistently, with other items like sneakers.
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.
If people didn't buy the scalped systems, scalping wouldn't be a problem."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.
If people didn't buy the scalped systems, scalping wouldn't be a problem.