• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Correct. They’re not even selling you a physical machine at that price. They’re just allegedly selling you their place in the preorder lottery for the opportunity to buy one.

    I can’t imagine how anyone could possibly be that desperate.

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      1 month ago

      I’m surprised that eBay even allows them to because I think that breaks their seller guidelines. I’m pretty sure merchandise that you don’t physically have on hand You must clearly mark as I don’t have this and as a pre-order and any pre-order is required to be shipped out within 40 days of the sale happening.

      I can’t imagine anyone on eBay is able to actually confirm they’ll have it in 40 days

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I mean, sure. I have tons of rare knives, too. But a PC is a commodity item; it’s easily susbtituted with any other which is really the whole point of the architecture to begin with.

        I think the Steam Machine is neat. I’m still not paying $3000 for one.

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          1 month ago

          While Valve only officially supports 3 devices, it is possible to install its image on any PC (or just run Steam on Linux). But quite a few Steam users don’t realise that.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        1 month ago

        pokemon refuses to do anything about scalping they are just halfassing it. the best is to increase the pull rate of rares, preventing them to sell it.