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NFT: Anybody else hunting for a PS5?

FranknWeezer : 12/1/2020 3:14 pm
Incredible what a high demand (and low supply there has been). Tons of scammers out there on FB Marketplace and eBay probably emptying lots of folks' piggybanks too. Any news about the next round of pre-orders, or sites worth looking into?
PSDirect  
SoZKillA : 12/1/2020 3:19 pm : link
does restocks every other day but they're very limited.

The bots are EVERYWHERE, they are ordering about 80% of them and flipping for 2x the prices even more sometimes, and you have idiots who don't know better and pay that.

I have my XSX and love it but would like a Digital PS5, had one from target online two weeks ago but didn't pull the trigger because I was buying a new TV.
Grabbed 2 on the Wal Mart releases  
olivert1985 : 12/1/2020 3:31 pm : link
Extremely lucky, what a shit show its been
I'm hunting  
Gap92 : 12/1/2020 3:33 pm : link
No luck yet. I follow @Wario64 on Twitter (as someone recommended here; thank you) for updates, but I keep missing the sales.
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I am Ninja : 12/1/2020 3:34 pm : link
Bought one for $900 off Craigslist. I can afford it, it's done and the kids will have a happy Xmas. And now I don't have to waste time/energy, possibly futily, trying.
The only way to win this game is not to play.  
Ten Ton Hammer : 12/1/2020 3:34 pm : link
Right now it's a panic for them. Just wait it out. To be completely honest there isn't a lot of new games to play on it.
Thanks. Figured I wasn't alone in this boat.  
FranknWeezer : 12/1/2020 4:09 pm : link
I'll add that I know a guy who's an Exec. w/ GameStop, and I tried reaching out to him this week. He says their initial preorder allotment sold out back in October right away, but they're hearing of another coming up...although unfortunately shipping wouldn't get them to folks in the US until probably after Christmas.
Scored one on PS Direct last night  
BlueHurricane : 12/1/2020 4:13 pm : link
Glad its over and done. Frustrating as all hell.
I got one from Kohl's at like 3am one night  
Neckbone1333 : 12/1/2020 4:28 pm : link
I was going to keep it, as it is only for me and not my kids, but I saw what they were going for and I sold it on FB Marketplace for $1050.

I got it with the Spiderman game, extra controller, and the media remote, and dual sense charging station, but kept all that and just sold the actually disc version unit.
I am definitely not a scammer as I intended to keep it before  
Neckbone1333 : 12/1/2020 4:29 pm : link
my brother told me to sell it and just buy it after new years.
My sister is looking for one for my nephew  
Jints in Carolina : 12/2/2020 8:30 am : link
having zero luck so far. I'd like to try to find him one since he had a recent Covid scare...but it looks like there just aren't any around and I am not paying 1000 bucks for one.
No real choice but to wait until 2021  
UConn4523 : 12/2/2020 8:32 am : link
I ordered a new MacBook almost 2 weeks ago, still hasn’t even shipped yet. Apple.com is completely wiped out. Supply chain for electronics is brutal right now.
I've been trying to get one  
Gary from The East End : Admin : 12/2/2020 9:25 am : link
My wife told me she wanted one for Christmas.


I've pretty much given up at this point. I'm sure there will be some available in 2021 and I'll just wait on that.

It would be nice if I could just put my name on a list and they'd ship me one when my number came up. I'm fine waiting.
It is not even fair out there for this item  
Chef : 12/2/2020 9:31 am : link
My Son sat in line at Gamestop at 2 am black Friday. He was 8th in line. They only had 3 available. Shit out of luck waiting all night. Wife had one in the checkout online once and before she could hit send payment it went out of stock a second earlier. Horse shit....
2 colleagues have been complaining of being shut out  
Matt M. : 12/2/2020 2:56 pm : link
One had it in his cart twice only to have it sold out before paying. It's really frustrating with all the bots.

In general, gaming electronics have been in short supply for months. The combination of high demand in the pandemic and difficulty in supply chains has been brutal. For example, I had trouble getting replacement remotes for the Switch and Xbox at different times.
its been awful.....  
Italianju : 12/2/2020 3:59 pm : link
ive been trying, but pretty casually. Its just for me so if im not too stressed if i have to wait. I know the sites are trying their best to stop the bots, but its a losing battle. I feel bad for those trying to buy for kids losing out to assholes with bots who are then turning around and selling them for 2x3 times cost.
amazingly my sister got a text alert on her phone at 5 AM  
Jints in Carolina : 12/3/2020 2:14 pm : link
from Target. She was able to get one and will be picking it up this afternoon.
RE: amazingly my sister got a text alert on her phone at 5 AM  
FranknWeezer : 12/3/2020 6:23 pm : link
In comment 15065210 Jints in Carolina said:
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from Target. She was able to get one and will be picking it up this afternoon.


Interesting. Do you mind asking her how she went about signing up for text alerts? Wonder if I need to register for the Target app or maybe set up a user account on their website. Must be one of these, b/c I can't find a way to be alerted on Target.com. Thanks.
RE: RE: amazingly my sister got a text alert on her phone at 5 AM  
Jints in Carolina : 12/4/2020 3:31 pm : link
In comment 15065364 FranknWeezer said:
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In comment 15065210 Jints in Carolina said:


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from Target. She was able to get one and will be picking it up this afternoon.



Interesting. Do you mind asking her how she went about signing up for text alerts? Wonder if I need to register for the Target app or maybe set up a user account on their website. Must be one of these, b/c I can't find a way to be alerted on Target.com. Thanks.


Just saw this Frank

I'll ask her.
Got mine delivered today  
Bramton1 : 12/4/2020 4:49 pm : link
OK, technically it's for the kids. But I own a XBox One, and they play it a helluva lot more than I do.

Got a $900 bundle on Gamestop, with the disc version, an extra controller, the wireless headset, Spiderman, and Call of Duty. We're gonna sell the headset and the CoD game online and make back some of the money we dropped. I haven't played a CoD game since Advanced Warfare, and I don't need a ridiculously expensive headset.
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