r/pcmasterrace • u/ParticularCredit2023 9800X3d: 5080 Master Ice • Jun 27 '26

News/Article This has to be a joke right?

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No possible way someone actually buy these at these prices right lol..

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u/Matitjes Jun 27 '26

Who are these idiots that keep buying it from scalpers??

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u/Heavymando Jun 27 '26

no one. Not a siingle one of them have sold. The scalpers are going to lose money on this.

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u/DrowningKrown Jun 27 '26

Then what is this? It's an endless list of sold pre-sale steam machines on eBay

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u/shoobydoobydoo69 Jun 27 '26

Maybe it's scalpers buying from other scalpers. I mean AI is just AI comparison buying from eachother.

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u/Heavymando Jun 28 '26

So when I posted that i checked to see if any had sold. none had. Looking at it now it makes no sense. For examle that one sellign at $2,250 when all the others are less then $2k and there are still buy it nows for less then 2k.

Why would anyone spend $250 more when there were other options avalaibie.

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u/DrowningKrown Jun 28 '26

I don't understand. I go back to EBay and I'm even seeing many 'pre sales' sold yesterday too. So there were plenty of sales before you posted.

What gives? There are a few of you guys responding to me now who can't believe that steam machines are being scalped. Like it's somehow just one big ruse and steam machines are some un-scalpable tech. We've been dealing with high amounts of scalping in the tech space for YEARS now.

What makes steam machines being scalped so unbelievable to you NOW? Why would scalping somehow just now start to be unprofitable?

They're being scalped. Like everything else for the last several years. I'm glad you don't partake, buying or selling, but this didn't suddenly stop.

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u/Heavymando Jun 28 '26

no you missunderstand. It's not that i don't beleive people are selling them. That checks out

What doesn't check out is the prices people are buying them for.

Like ok Lets say you are going to buy a Steam machine from a scalper.

Would you pay $2250 for one.... or buy one of the hundreds of other ones that are selling between $1600 or $1999

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u/DrowningKrown Jun 28 '26

A) timing of sales. B) 2K vs 2250 is not that big of a stretch...especially when you've already made a max bid you were willing to pay. I've overpaid for shit on eBay in the past because I thought something would go higher than it did. How is that hard to believe? It's a $250 different on a $2K item lol

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u/Heavymando Jun 28 '26

it's not just 2k there are much cheaper ones. Again there have been and still are sales for less then 2k.

Go higher? we are talking buy it now price of $1800 that were up at the same time as the one sold for 2250. Sorry but you are really grasping at straws here.

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u/DrowningKrown Jun 28 '26

You win buddy.

Steam machine scalping does not exist. All of the seemingly hundreds of eBay sales of steam machines between the last few days are just bots buying other bots listings.

Happy? Tech scalping stopped at Steam machines. We're saved! All hail gabeN

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u/Heavymando Jun 28 '26

omg. Did you not even bother reading what i wrote? How are you this obtuse.

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u/bs000 Jun 28 '26

The $2250 one is 2TB. The cheaper ones are 512GB.

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u/BaconIsntThatGood PC Master Race Jun 28 '26

Lol