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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 6 days ago

Steam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Console

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Steam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Console

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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 6 days ago

Valve has finally opened Steam Machine reservations, and like clockwork, scalpers have already taken to eBay to sell the new tech for more than double its retail price.

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My idea clearly had a logical flaw. You are very right.
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  Just VAC ban them instead
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    How do you know the machine has been scalped? You could gift it to someone and never use your own account on it

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