I assume it's more "our shit's so hot someone is willing to pay 1200 pounds for one" though. lol
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UK reality TV star gets gifted PS5 by Sony. Sells it for £1200 profit. Brags about it.
- Thread starter CarthOhNoes
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Partially because he got one for free when most here probably couldn't get one, then to top it off he sold it
The only part of this that I'm actually angry about is that someone who uses a PS4 was too fucking dumb to understand the PS5 is also a PS4 but better.
"I didn't like the PS5." What does that even mean?
"I didn't like the PS5." What does that even mean?
Probably because he didn't pay for it and worse he sold it as a profit. Complete douchebag, was he allowed to yeah. I'm also allowed to find this a super dickish move. Influencers is one of the ''new jobs'' that are completely useless. Please tel me how Cyberpunk was good from your Cyberpunk gifted chair and with your Cyberpunk modeled character in the game I am sure they'll be absolutely impartial.
Got my PS5 already but it's a bad looking move considering how so many people struggle to find one in an already super struggling year.
I don't understand, would it have been better if he just stuck it in a corner to collect dust?
Sold his Sony PlayingStation 5 to go back to playing...a PS4? Did this guy not get the memo about backwards compatibility or is he just a huge fan of Afro Samurai 2?
P.S. Fuck scalpers.
P.S. Fuck scalpers.
should sell at "cost" to someone in era
in this case his cost was 0
This is a very good point, dude's lying. Probably sold for 500-600.
I did see PS5s selling on UK eBay for around £1100 after 50 bids but they were unopened of course.
This, the guy is obviously a rocket and an absolute shithouse to boot.
Yes - good for that guy - selling 1 console he was gifted and "didn't like" - not >1 console bought for the specific purpose of profit
Vast difference. But you go forth and be the knight in shining armour for playstation fans everywhere!
Did you brag about selling that phone during a global shortage of said phone while many other people flip said phones for double their MSRP?
A lot of people in this thread need to be introduced to the concept of "context". The reason why they got £1.2K in the first place is entirely due to the aforementioned scarcity of the PS5. Bragging that you got one and sold it is a bad look given that context, regardless of the explanation; they could have sold it to a friend at MSRP or donated it instead of selling it for above MSRP.
Sure my dude, will do
While you keep licking the boots or rich assholes
Have fun
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He's still bragging about it. Someone said it was a shorty thing to boast about on Instagram and he just said "it's called making a buck". Which I'm sure he needs...
So, basically, rich asshole is a rich asshole. God Instagram "personalities" are annoying. Not a shred of talent in his body and can do whatever he likes.
The thing is, if he wants to sell it on, fine. But why brag about it? Bragging about it is a bad look no matter what the background of how he got it. Continuing to brag about it, as if he needs the money when he's driving about in daddy's Ferrari in Chelsea, just makes him look like more and more of a prick. These people seem to have no idea about PR.
So, basically, rich asshole is a rich asshole. God Instagram "personalities" are annoying. Not a shred of talent in his body and can do whatever he likes.
The thing is, if he wants to sell it on, fine. But why brag about it? Bragging about it is a bad look no matter what the background of how he got it. Continuing to brag about it, as if he needs the money when he's driving about in daddy's Ferrari in Chelsea, just makes him look like more and more of a prick. These people seem to have no idea about PR.
Meh, Sony won't care. Him posting a picture of the console is worth more than the price of the hardware and both parties will know it.
A bit dim of him.
It would have been smarter to hype it for a couple days and then sell it on the sly.
Unlikely they'll be sending him a free PSVR2 & PS5 Pro now. Others will likely be more wary of sending him freebies as well.
It would have been smarter to hype it for a couple days and then sell it on the sly.
Unlikely they'll be sending him a free PSVR2 & PS5 Pro now. Others will likely be more wary of sending him freebies as well.
if you hadn't made a thread about it I wouldn't have heard about it, it's nice of you to pick up the slack for him!
You're putting more thought into this than Sony PR is at the moment I'm sure.
They gave a PS5 to an arsehole. It was a mistake. But it was a £450 mistake.
What's the point in caring about this guy?
You realise you're giving him exactly what he wants, right?
I think if I actually gave a shit about this situation I would be more upset at Sony for giving PS5s to random celebs. If everyone else did what this instagram dude did maybe it'd end this annoying practice of showering rich people with luxury consumer goods in exchange for shoving the product in their millions of followers' faces.
Now, more people will buy PS5s to sell them at a profit. It's excellent marketing and a win-win for everyone involved.
Lmao. I'll apologise right now for doing the exact same thing when I won a Galaxy S2 and sold it to someone else who wanted it, because I didn't need it and am pure evil rich asshole who put the money on my tuition fees!
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Did you then boast about selling it to your 46 thousand followers? Right next to the picture of you driving a Ferrari and just before the one of your million pound penthouse?
In which case, the two scenarios are very different.
People are free to do whatever they want with the stuff they own, even if it's gifted to them by the manufacturer.
The better thing to do is for Sony to refrain from giving that many precious consoles to social media influencers and local celebrities in the first place, if the backlash from this story bothers them. It isn't like people in the UK need to be told what a PlayStation is, anyway: are they not near saturation in terms of brand recognition? That box could have been sold to an ordinary person who really wanted it at the retail price. 🤷♀️
My original comment already called that out as being a complete dick move, but I still don't see this as "scalping" if I have the story right.
Guy is given a free PS5, tries it, doesn't like it, sells it seemingly for whatever someone else was happy paying - that's not scalping. I'd consider scalping someone who buys things for the specific purpose of taking a low availability thing and then selling them on for a profit - which as I said, is a completely different thing. But because I disagree, I am king of the scalper boot lickers!
IMO, people here are crying over this specific instance, because it relates to PS5 and people want theirs if they don't have it already since as with most hardware right now, they are just less available and selling out due to demand. Scalpers are scum, but as much as this guy is a bit of a dick, he ain't it.
By the other users definition, I am a continuous scalper, per my Galaxy S2 story. And, you could say the same on how I sold my Switch early into the pandemic. I hadn't used it for half a year, sold it amongst other things at 99p starting price on ebay, and it sold for more than I paid originally.
Per the other commenter's logic, I'm a "rich asshole" that is "scalper scum" when I had not intention of making a profit, and just let it sell because I need money of bills
Fuck me, right!
Everyone on that show is a soulless ghoul - this is no surprise.
Doing stuff like this (selling consoles etc at hugely inflated prices during a shortage) makes you a scumbag, regardless of who you are or your net worth. £1.2k is a drop in the bucket for him.
Doing stuff like this (selling consoles etc at hugely inflated prices during a shortage) makes you a scumbag, regardless of who you are or your net worth. £1.2k is a drop in the bucket for him.