TerryLaze hotaru251 said: honestly if you pay this much for it..you deserve to be scammed. You're not being scammed if you do it willingly and knowingly… Valve has stated that they have issues producing them in high numbers so the next time somebody might find one might be many months away, the selling price is also well known so if they have the money and want it then by all means, they might be stupid but they are not being scammed. Reply
usertests ezst036 said: The demand for the Steam Machine is high. That is good news. A scalper listing at $3000 doesn't indicate high demand if it just ends up sitting there until they lower the price. Only completed transactions at $3000 indicate high demand. Reply
TerryLaze usertests said: A scalper listing at $3000 doesn't indicate high demand if it just ends up sitting there until they lower the price. Only completed transactions at $3000 indicate high demand. Even then, it has to be several sales, and confirmed sales, and also not fake sales were buddies "sell" between them without any exchange of money or goods. Reply
Deformedpye I have a few things behind this. How do scalpers have that much money? Who buys an over priced, under powered machine for that price? SteamOS is being released and you can make a machine for less money and better specs. This just seems stupid. When it comes to consoles I understand but a PC…..why? Reply
Ogotai Deformedpye said: How do scalpers have that much money simple.. credit cards, or a line of credit, that they hope that can pay off after what they are scalping, is sold… if not.. they are stuck…. Reply
TerryLaze Deformedpye said: I have a few things behind this. How do scalpers have that much money? Who buys an over priced, under powered machine for that price? SteamOS is being released and you can make a machine for less money and better specs. This just seems stupid. When it comes to consoles I understand but a PC…..why? It's still a limited item, and the first run, it's a collectors item, at least that's the thought here. Reply
Deformedpye Ogotai said: simple.. credit cards, or a line of credit, that they hope that can pay off after what they are scalping, is sold… if not.. they are stuck…. Which then they can't pay back and we have to front the credit. Due to inflation change. I hate people. Spend what you earn not what you can be given. Reply
JTWrenn That is just weird but whatever. Some people have too much money and want their toys. Why wouldn't you just buy a desktop with much better hardware and hide it behind something WTF that point? You could even get remote start TV support and everything with some serious power and pre built almost everything. Just weird Reply
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