| Hi - have been looking at prices some of the PS5s are going for on eBay purely out of curiosity - no way would I pay over retail for something you'll (hopefully) be able to get your hands on for MSRP in a few months. But some of the auction amounts are eye-watering - there's one on there at the moment for £6,600 with something like 11 bids. Is that real? I just wonder how it'd actual feel to spend that sort of money then see someone just walk into and out of a shop paying £450 for the very same thing in a few weeks. How would you justify an extra £6k for a few weeks of playing a console? |
PS5s on eBay
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ThubTumper 4 posts
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chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThere are scalpers, and then there are counter scalpers who use scripting tools to place ridiculous bids to sabotage sales.
I wouldn't be surprised that those prices are attracting outright fraud where scammers are selling PS5s that don't exist. -
ThubTumper 4 posts
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Registered 9 months agoAh oh thanks - I did wonder that, as in surely no-one is prepared to actually pay money like that. Kinda pleased people counter-scalp. The whole thing is pretty messed up! -
Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI'm busy trying to scalp the counter scalpers. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoAlso, some people are incredibly rich and don’t give a fuck about £6k. -
Flying_Pig 16,956 posts
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Registered 17 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
FTFY
Also, some people are incredibly stupid and don’t give a fuck about £6k. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoFlying_Pig wrote:
Who’s to say? If you’re a content creator it might make financial sense to drop 6k for a ps5?
Fake_Blood wrote:
FTFY
Also, some people are incredibly stupid and don’t give a fuck about £6k. -
macmurphy 4,447 posts
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Registered 14 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
If you’re paying six grand you’re an idiot. They seem to be averaging around 7-8 hundred when I’ve looked.
Flying_Pig wrote:
Who’s to say? If you’re a content creator it might make financial sense to drop 6k for a ps5?
Fake_Blood wrote:
FTFY
Also, some people are incredibly stupid and don’t give a fuck about £6k. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
If you're a content creator you're most likely to have been given a PS5.
Flying_Pig wrote:
Who’s to say? If you’re a content creator it might make financial sense to drop 6k for a ps5?
Fake_Blood wrote:
FTFY
Also, some people are incredibly stupid and don’t give a fuck about £6k. -
PazJohnMitch 17,276 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSeems to be fairly random from the YouTube channels I watch. The companies (WhatCulture, Escapist etc) seem to have gotten 1 per company, so only one of their presenters have one and the others had to buy their own or go without.
And about 50% of the one person channels seemed to have bought their own. Seems that they either got a PS5 and a XSX or neither. To the point it looks like Sony just copied MS’s distribution list.
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retro74 3,798 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI think some fools are willing to pay up to a grand for one but that would be the maximum
There was a chap on twitter the other day that was just putting a £25k bid on everyone of them for a laugh to annoy the scalpers
The first reply was along the lines of 'Aww man, they could be someone who has lost their job and has no option but to sell their PS5 to feed their family'
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DakeyrasUK 5,311 posts
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Registered 8 years agoA pupil of mine tells me he bought 4 ps5s for 900 each
using daddy's credit card and has sold them all by raffleing them at 80 quid a ticket at 14 tickets on each...
Made 200 on each of them and kept a 5th for himself for free.
I kind of applaud his efforts, but he is still legitimising the scalpers in the first place. -
Alan_Wakes_Torch 153 posts
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Registered 3 years agoretro74 wrote:
There was a story yesterday about an amazon driver that lost his job, he probably needs to sell his to feed his family now
The first reply was along the lines of 'Aww man, they could be someone who has lost their job and has no option but to sell their PS5 to feed their family'
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KD 3,575 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIf anyone wants quick cash they can get £600 cash from CEX the same day to feed a starving family. -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agohttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-new-PS5-Disc-edition-photo/224251468618?hash=item34366ddb4a:g:~d8AAOSwD4Ffv9PQ
Photo of a PS5, going for £22k.
Might buy it, copy it in my printer and sell some knock off versions for a few grand each! -
dfunked09 2,406 posts
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Registered 1 year agoI'm tempted to put a bid in! -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agodfunked09 wrote:
Did you? It's £30k now!
I'm tempted to put a bid in!
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Carlo 21,801 posts
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Registered 16 years agoZuluHero wrote:
I imagine frustrated scalpers have already moved onto facebook to peddle their shit now.
Who scalps the Scalpers? -
dfunked09 2,406 posts
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Registered 1 year agobillythekid wrote:
Ah, too slow... A little too rich for my blood now!
dfunked09 wrote:
Did you? It's £30k now!
I'm tempted to put a bid in! -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years ago£34k, it'd better be framed.
Maybe we should all ask the seller? -
KD 3,575 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBanksy wiped his ass on it. -
richarddavies 8,312 posts
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Registered 13 years agoFuck! Just put a bid in for 34,200 but got outbid straight away!
Bet its a lovely picture as well. Lucky fucker whoever wins it. -
Derblington 35,161 posts
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Registered 17 years agoKeep trying! It could be yours! -
richarddavies 8,312 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThink someone has clocked that there "might" be something fishy about it. Pooed myself at first as I got an email saying the highest bidder had cancelled there bid. But a minute later I got another one saying my bid had been cancelled. The value of the sale seems to be trickling down as bids are cancelled. -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoProbably because there is only minutes left. -
And sold for a bargain £620.
I hope people are still fucking with the seller and some poor bastard doesn't think they're getting an actual console.
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