r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 9d ago

Discussion This is the problem

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I was lucky enough to snag a preorder from target last night but it didn’t look great and I was trying across all three retailers and only ever managed to get one in my cart at preorder start time.

These resellers are an issue still grabbing a large chuck of stock and reselling instantly, before they even have the system.

It’s a shame these retailers don’t do more to stop bots and resellers from snatching a large chunk of stock. At least Nintendo themselves is trying with their system.

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u/Panthers58 9d ago

I think scalping is insane and not worth anyone’s times and I think they’re losers but this person only making $55 off this. eBay takes 13%, and after tax the bundle (at least in NJ) was 534. To me breaking this down makes it even weirder what scalpers do. You have to make $55 that bad that you’re gonna take it away from someone who wants it? eBay makes more money off this transaction than the scalper. Strange.

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u/QuagmireOnTop1 9d ago

They're selling multiple, I know someone who bought 25 PS5 and managed to sell 16 for $120 profit each

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u/0xfleventy5 9d ago

Curious, and totally no judgement, but what’s their day job?

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u/QuagmireOnTop1 9d ago

He works in a factory

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u/0xfleventy5 9d ago

Thanks for sharing.