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One nice part about this is that it slows down the real scalpers significantly – rather than just spinning up a new IP, email address, or temporary credit card
by mkmk 5y ago
One nice part about this is that it slows down the real scalpers significantly – rather than just spinning up a new IP, email address, or temporary credit card number, they now can be rate-capped by requiring a new $200/yr membership for every $n Playstations sold.
- mywittyname 5y agoIt sounds like the subscription is a one-time, annual deal. The similar Gamestop program allows people to buy multiple PS5s. The guy I bought mine from acquired several from the same account. From what I could tell, it actually helped scalpers since they got a 1 hour early window to buy them and it took like 45mins to sell out. You were limited to 1 bundle per transaction, but he could get through multiple transactions before they sold out.
- _v7gu 5y agoDon't scalpers make more money than 200$/console? Only they will be buying in this case.
- rdtwo 5y agoBulk buyer pays 720-760 per console depending on market conditions. In a no tax condition this is barely profitable but I would expect to buy multiple PS5s with this and multiple graphics cards to pay it off. I expect real consumers to get screwed by this but scalpers to just adjust. All the scalpers are running the GameStop pro memberships on their bots for example. Keep in mind that real buyers don’t have much of a chance on Best Buy because the queue often gets bypassed by scalpers. Also you will still get hit by queue if you have this expensive account
- rdtwo 5y agoIt’s a lot easier to absorb when you scalp half a dozen items on one account vs a consumer only needing one