rousetafarian
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Because he offered nothing else to the forums apart from hoovering up PS5’s in volume. He understood the decision and was perfectly civil about the Admin decision.Why?
Because he offered nothing else to the forums apart from hoovering up PS5’s in volume. He understood the decision and was perfectly civil about the Admin decision.Why?
Because he offered nothing else to the forums apart from hoovering up PS5’s in volume
Did you lose the ability to read?Why?
Eh?Did you lose the ability to read?
Here's Jim's take on this - Spoiler-not-spoiler: he is predictably scathing
Who?
Yup, never heard of them.Seriously? Git gud, scrub...
Here's Jim's take on this - Spoiler-not-spoiler: he is predictably scathing
Yeah they usually are - increasingly so these days...That is one weird video
Yup, never heard of them.
Bog off you!Fair enough, suppose he made the sellers happy! I noticed he had almost purchased as many as Fozzeh!
The only thing I don't understand is the struggle people have had to get a console, if they're so determined to get one, even at retail.
Now, with certain retailers, yes. Argos have been terrible with their launches. Was it JL who did a silly timed one too this week?Because it’s easier to get online and order a jar of the holy grail?
The only thing I don't understand is the struggle people have had to get a console, if they're so determined to get one, even at retail.
For me, if I’m selling to someone I have some sort of personal relationship with (and therefore know that they actually want it for themselves) I’m selling at cost.It’s one thing stores getting stock, it’s another trying to get one of them. I’ve been keeping an eye out and as soon as I see a notification that there’s stock, it’s gone by the time I get to the site and get close to adding it to my basket.
And that’s assuming I’m watching Twitter or whatever at the exact right time. A few seconds too late and it’s gone.
I find it crazy how many people, especially long standing members here, who are happy to take a console away from someone who genuinely wants one and instead are trying to make a quick buck.
I get that money might be a lot to some people, but I also feel a lot of people on this site probably aren’t that short of money that £200 would be a life changer for them being able to put food on the table.
Seeing people with such high feedback scalping here is crazy.
I guess where there’s demand then people will try to profit off it but you kind of expect a community to maybe be a bit above that. Hopefully people will stop paying these silly scalping prices and it will force the scalpers to drop their price.
I get wanting to make your money back, I get on eBay that you’d sell it high enough that you’d make your money back after eBay fees (although you could wait for a £1 listing weekend). I don’t get people selling console that they’ve been using, and selling for £200 more than a brand new console should cost.
As you can see, it’s pretty annoying to me. And I’m lucky to own both next gen consoles. But looking for a console for someone else, it’s shameful to see the state of trying to buy one now.
Anyway, rant over
I’ve only sold one console for profit which was purchased at launch.Serious question, are you still actively scalping @Inked?
If so, would you share how you're doing it?
I've been trying so hard this last week especially, Discord, auto tab refresh add ons, Distill - all sorts and haven't got close. It really is pissing me off now as I don't seem to be getting any closer.
For me, if I’m selling to someone I have some sort of personal relationship with (and therefore know that they actually want it for themselves) I’m selling at cost.
To some random person on AVF, who I’ve possibly never had any direct interaction with previously, (and who may be saying one thing, and have different intentions entirely), why would I leave money on the table for them to potentially make a profit off of my goodwill?
Plus, I like paying as little money as possible for toys, so selling one console at profit and bringing the overall cost to purchase down makes good sense.
Rookie numbersI’ve only sold one console for profit which was purchased at launch.
I’m not actively looking for any more consoles, but when I was looking for drops (for the consoles I sold to friends) I was following IGN on Twitter.
Serious question, are you still actively scalping @Inked?
If so, would you share how you're doing it?
I've been trying so hard this last week especially, Discord, auto tab refresh add ons, Distill - all sorts and haven't got close. It really is pissing me off now as I don't seem to be getting any closer. Even allowed Notifications through the night (wife so happy about that but 'allowed' it as it's for the lad.) and had a few wake ups for X Boxes, but nothing for PS5).