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Steam Machine scalping hits $3,000 on eBay as sellers list preorder reservations — scalpers already flipping queues for 2X the MSRP of the 2TB model [reservations up for sale on eBay.] (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It is against eBay’s TOS to sell an item not physically in possession.

Report every single one of these as a violation

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  • Presale listings must guarantee that the item will be shipped within 40 business days of purchase
  • The date the item will be available to ship must be clearly stated in the listing

When’s valve shipping them? Have they even given an eta yet?

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Valve stated that they will be sending out confirmation mails to the people in the order they made it onto the randomized reservation list as units become available. You could be extremely lucky and get your confirmation tomorrow or you could get it sometime within the year. Pretty sure that's the timeframe Valve listed and they don't seem to tell you where you made it onto the list. They also don't give you anything a seller could list as definitive proof, so the scalpers might not even have made it onto the list lol.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Well they better hope there is no delays with manufacturing, like a ram or sad shortage. It says the item must ship in 40 days.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

eBay doesn't give a shit. Just saw someone sell some cool shit then instantly cancel on the winner to immediately repost the sale with a $.01 start and a shitty note about their reserve now as the first text in their description.