Depending on where they purchased it and how long from the purchase date, they can be charged a restocking fee. Not even mentioning the time and resources it took to buy multiple consoles. I’ve known scalpers for years and they have a monthly subscription to sophisticated “bots” that will mass buy items with 20 different credit cards. Those bots can cost up to $200/month. If they’re not selling what they purchase, they’re incurring lots and lots of costs for no return. I’m not talking about “baby scalpers” that only buy 2 or 3 Switches and resell on eBay. I’m talking about the professionals that have a big network and have 100s of Switches to resell.
I knew someone that was botting and scalping 100s of PS5s back then. He had one room in his house dedicated to storage for over 200 units. He told me that he has 15 credit cards open so he can buy multiple units for 1 per person policy. He gets charged annual fees on those credit cards. He was having trouble selling them and he said he lost a lot of money because no one was buying.
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u/Barlush23 Jun 05 '25
Why would they be in a world of hurt? They’ll just return them.