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Did anyone else buy a PS5 from a scalper? (OP scammed, Help inside)
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If those scalpers "suck", why are you playing their game?
There's really no reason for you to be so impatient.
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Scalpers suck and, I'm sorry OP but it's true, people who pay twice the price of a videogame console because they can't wait a few more weeks and hurt others in doing so are the very definition of a looser. If you didn't do what you did, scalpers wouldn't have reduced the available stock and maybe you'd have found a console. Next time you feel an urge like this, I'd recommend rather talking to a therapist.
I look at it as basically you're paying a tax for not being patient and waiting for the stores to get their stock in (or for not playing the game of trying to get one thru other means like other people do from the stores.)
I've seen people where the difference between waiting years for a $100 price drop can make or break their decision, and I've seen people with enough money where an extra 300 quid is pretty much the same to them. So I mean, if you wanted it bad enough to spend the extra money on it, well, cheers.
I do, though, sincerely question why you'd post a thread about it here on ERA. You really should have read the room here, OP, and seen that this thread wouldn't be seen favorably by people lol.
I've seen people where the difference between waiting years for a $100 price drop can make or break their decision, and I've seen people with enough money where an extra 300 quid is pretty much the same to them. So I mean, if you wanted it bad enough to spend the extra money on it, well, cheers.
I do, though, sincerely question why you'd post a thread about it here on ERA. You really should have read the room here, OP, and seen that this thread wouldn't be seen favorably by people lol.
To be a tad dramatic, this mentality is the root of a lot of bullshit in the world today, including scalpers existing.
I'd 100% buy from a scalper if the launch games were worth it [but does that ever happen?].
Definitely not an issue this time.
I'm happy waiting on my series x until halo is ready.
Definitely not an issue this time.
I'm happy waiting on my series x until halo is ready.
Supporting speculation is a bad practice and perpetuates the vicious circle by engaging with it. What's done is done though. So, enjoy your new console and don't feel bad, just try and learn from the experience and if you arrive to the same conclusion as most in this thread, let this be the last time that you support this kind of shitty business. 😉
If he didn't do what he did, scalpers wouldn't have reduced the available stock... by one.
It's not an individual's responsibility, it's Sony's. They enabled the scalpers market - launching with scarce stock and no real effort to target the sales to those who want the consoles for their own use.
They could say 'Our PS5 launch window begins in November and continues until January. If you've missed out on the launch day further stock will be available in December, and soon after in January'. A clear timeline would discourage scalping purchases, but they didn't do that.
If you're excited about a console and you can afford to drop £800 on it, you do you. Sony did them.
How is the OP "hurting others" here?
Again, if you're argument is that scalpers reduce available stock then what about the insanely high number of people on this site that picked up multiple units?
This is a manufacturer and retail issue as much as it is a shithead scalper issue.
This is a tier below the guy who hooked up his PS3 with RCA cables and wondered if HD was overrated, but I still love this.
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I wanted to sell my 2nd PS5 but I didn't want to deal with headache of ebay and the scalper guilt so I just sold it to my sister for the same price.
Those prices are outrageous though.
Those prices are outrageous though.
yeah pretty much this. I feel a lot of people buy from scalpers here but don't want to admit it out of fear for ppl putting a scarlet letter on your account and being passive aggressive to you in future posts.
Honestly that's facts. If I wasn't stingy about my wallet and could drop thousands willy nilly, you're damn right I'd do it lol.
What? This is so wrong. I could easily do it but what's the point?
I'm an adult who can control myself and wait to play the latest video game console. It isn't just a matter of money.
Same, we got lucky tho
Also god bless this thread, I've giggling like a child on my lunch break reading this shit, solid roasts all around.
Sorry OP, but you're actually part of the problem. Not as bad as the scalpers themselves, but you're supporting them. If people don't support scalpers, then they'll eventually stop because they'd be no profit to be had.
Too bad people are so impatient as to play close to double if not triple the retail price.
Too bad people are so impatient as to play close to double if not triple the retail price.
I guess some of us have rare abilities such as self-control, responsible fund management and common sense.
A few hundred dollars is not a problem for me financially, but I will never buy from a scalper out of principle.
I do have the money and I wouldn't do it just because I don't care for scalpers and I have zero fomo on these things.
And def paying double makes no sense. Vs say paying 200 more at most.
The hell is wrong with you? Telling people to go to therapy because they were okay with overpaying for a console? Jesus christ. And "hurting others" The theatrics of this post is just astounding.
you wouldn't do it, but obviously lots of people would do it given the fact that ebay scalpers are selling a bunch of them.
If you make enough money, a few dollars extra isn't really that big of deal.
Of course there's a limit to how much I would pay. I probably wouldn't pay double, but $200 I would consider it if I hadn't already gotten my pre-order.
Fortunately I got mine, but I don't begrudge anybody that pays extra. Who am I to tell you how to spend your money. Enjoy it.
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Stock X has sold through 18,000 PS5 or something like that in the last few days. So yeah. People are buying them.
The reason most people are rich is not because they act on their impulses all the time. That's how you end up broke fast.
That's so ridiculous.
Enjoy your console OP. I would probably have done the same if Freedom Wars 2 was happening on PS5.
You need therapy if you can't control yourself for a few weeks and instead drop twice the value of something. Therapy can help with lack of impulse control and FOMO is the consequence of social media and marketing companies taking advantage of our psychological weaknesses.
I generally agree with that. The ability to defer gratification is a sign of how successful you will be in life.
However, it also depends. If gaming was my main hobby and if wasn't able to get my ps5, i would have no issue paying extra for it. The extra months of enjoyment I would get offsets the extra money I paid for it.
On the other hand, if was in the market for a new bike and the bike I wanted was not available, but I only bike occasionally, I would wait until the bike comes back into stock before I would buy it and not pay extra.
I mean why do people buy games at retail price on release when they can wait a few months and get it on sale? why can't they control their impulses and wait for a sale to get the game they want.
Paying extra isn't as much in question more than paying double the price which is way too much. Paying 100 or even 200 over sure but double is pretty much being raked over the coals.
I was just about to ask how they went from zero hype to buying from a scalper and there it is.
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It's a mass market product to be made in the millions... man, I get getting caught up in hype and wanting in, but jesus dude. You played yourself.
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This is fantastic. A great meme is born.
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