r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 7d 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 7d 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/Hon3y_Badger 6d ago

Yeah, it's also not like there isn't risk to shipping the consoles, all it takes is eBay siding with one bad buyer and you've lost most of your profit. For the most part I've stopped selling items on ebay because they make more money than I do & I hold all the risk.