Just saw this on Instagram. Made in Chelsea TV personality James Taylor was gifted a PS5 by Sony. He posted this to his story on Instagram:
Then, after this, he posted the following:
This seems pretty shitty for a guy who is 25, massively wealthy, drives about in a ferrari and lives in a very tasy pad in an extremely posh and expensive area of London. I'd be pretty cross if I was Sony's UK marketing team as well - it's not a good look to give someone a gift, for the sake of marketing, then to see them saying they "didn't like it" without offering an explanation and then boasting about selling the gift you gave them for £1200 profit.
It seems especially in poor taste given the current climate, where PS5 stock is flying out and where the majority of consumers have not and likely will not be able to get one before christmas. For some highly wealthy upper class idiot lkike this to essentially abuse his fame and status to make a quick £1200 seems disgusting. There are plenty of people out there who work all day every day and who were therefore unable to secure a preorder or launch day stock - this comes across as highly unfair. It just seems like scalping but taken to the next level, where you've not even bothered to buy one in the first place.
I am not an influencer / streamer and have no idea about how this type of thing works. For people in the know: is this sort of thing even allowed? Is it one of those grey areas where it happens but people don't really talk about it? Or are Sony likely to be a bit pissed off by the entire thing? I mean the guy is not a huge celeb but he's still got 46k instagram followers. Do contracts get signed for gifts like this? I've no clue how the system works as I said.
Then, after this, he posted the following:
This seems pretty shitty for a guy who is 25, massively wealthy, drives about in a ferrari and lives in a very tasy pad in an extremely posh and expensive area of London. I'd be pretty cross if I was Sony's UK marketing team as well - it's not a good look to give someone a gift, for the sake of marketing, then to see them saying they "didn't like it" without offering an explanation and then boasting about selling the gift you gave them for £1200 profit.
It seems especially in poor taste given the current climate, where PS5 stock is flying out and where the majority of consumers have not and likely will not be able to get one before christmas. For some highly wealthy upper class idiot lkike this to essentially abuse his fame and status to make a quick £1200 seems disgusting. There are plenty of people out there who work all day every day and who were therefore unable to secure a preorder or launch day stock - this comes across as highly unfair. It just seems like scalping but taken to the next level, where you've not even bothered to buy one in the first place.
I am not an influencer / streamer and have no idea about how this type of thing works. For people in the know: is this sort of thing even allowed? Is it one of those grey areas where it happens but people don't really talk about it? Or are Sony likely to be a bit pissed off by the entire thing? I mean the guy is not a huge celeb but he's still got 46k instagram followers. Do contracts get signed for gifts like this? I've no clue how the system works as I said.
