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[-] azdle@news.idlestate.org 18 points 9 months ago

Yep, the extra sad thing is that there are actually sold listings too: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=steam+deck+OLED&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

Some people just can't be helped, I guess.

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 15 points 9 months ago

it could be drugs or money laundering rather than people actually paying that price for a real deck.

[-] lambda@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

I could be wrong, but I would bet that launderers are probably not targeting this niche device. I'd guess that the people buying them are more likely from a country that they don't sell in. Like Australia for example.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

That's not how laundering works, but it probably isn't laundering. The product is the excuse, the price difference is where the laundering happens.

[-] lambda@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I get how laundering works. I just don't know why they'd pick this specific item.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

They wouldn't, except for laundering on a scale too small to be worth going after.

[-] shadowbert@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago
[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

did i imply it does?

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