We’ve already covered in detail the seedy story of scalpers who’ve been working overtime to secure PS5 stock, but how about this new low? eBay has issued a warning to sellers trying to flog photographs of the next-gen format. People are actually bidding on these listings for serious sums of money, not realising they’re effectively being duped – and the auction website has been forced to release a statement, as published by Eurogamer.net.
“We condemn these opportunistic sellers who are attempting to mislead other users,” the website said. “We are in the process of removing all listings for photos of PS5s from our marketplace and will be taking appropriate action against the sellers. For any purchase, but especially highly priced or in-demand items, buyers should exercise caution and thoroughly read the listing description.”
At the time of publication, we found a handful of fake PS5 auctions, although it looks like people are simply messing around at this point. Eurogamer.net reports that there were about 350 listings earlier today, but they’ve since been removed.
Sony’s new console has caused all kinds of craziness in the UK, which this is just the latest example of. Some people who purchased the system from Amazon UK received cat food instead, and this is currently the subject of a BBC Watchdog investigation. Meanwhile, the system is completely sold out worldwide, with no signs of demand slowing.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Ooooof, that’s like a new level of nonsense. I might have gotten lucky on eBay (I hope, it shipped today so we’ll wait and see) but caution is absolutely needed.
It's mad that people don't read listings these days. if I receive an offer on an item that I think looks better in the photo than it is, I always message the buyer with excerpts of the description so they definitely know what they're buying and don't come back with issues later on. I'm a rubbish business man though 😂
Disclaimer: I'm not selling ps5 photos
@nessisonett have you checked your junk mail for that photograph?
Happy Christmas, here's a freebie. Next one will be £900 though.
To be fair, that is a nice bit of Axminster carpet in the photo.
Move the PS5 aside and I'll give 'em a pound for it 👍
You missed all the offers with letters and my personal favourite; the coke zero can which may or may not feature tears of disappointment. I would link the page, but I am fairly sure it is closing imminently if not already.
@ralphdibny
No, but there's nowt stopping us from selling pictures of PS4's. 🤭
@nessisonett at least you'll be able to hang it on your living room wall 😆
They’re just trying to put food on the table 😂🤣
I wonder if people do this because they love a hot prank or actually planning from the start to make money maliciously.
@carlos82 @ralphdibny I swear, if you two have jinxed this for me I’m gonna go all Liam Neeson in Taken on you 😂😂
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233802912735&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
In the spirit of goodwill to all, I thought I'd list something on eBay.
Have a butchers, it's a drawing that my 3 year old will do of my PS5.
Proceeds go to Alzheimer's charity.
See how it goes shall we. 👍👍🤓
always read item information and item description fully, ignore the title
Definitely not a new low... who remembers the infamous eBay auctions for an Xbox box?
Yeah, it's ebay. There's no new low. I got scammed something ugly back around '01-'02 and despite guarantees from both eBay and PayPal I never got my money back. Place is a cesspool. Lesson learned.
This exact same picture in the article is being used in this US Ebay auction for 52+ PS5s .....
https://ebay.us/7UEhjb
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Vo4AAOSwsUJfrWAI/s-l500.png
@nessisonett 😂 so sorry!
Bad karma will bite them for doing that.
@ralphdibny
@Mpquikster Nope, retail price. Just too good to pass up, despite the obvious risk. It was dispatched today so when it arrives I’ll be posting on the forums either my joy or efforts to obtain a full refund!
@AJDarkstar sorry bud, I don't follow, why is this story ironic?
@nessisonett That sounds too good to be true. Why would someone get a imposible to find console and sell it without making a dollar in profit 🤔 either your seller is secretly the pope's account or you're getting played.
This isn't new, remember when ebayers were selling "Xbox 360 box"?
Must be the work of the nefarious left wing anti scalpers 😏
@AJDarkstar lol, I see what you mean
So we're just not gonna talk about how the headline says "ebay user are trying to FLOG photographs of the ps5." Dang bro I just got my ps5 and they're out here flogging photographs. 😂
Disgusting and sad!. Those scalpers are horrible! What a greedy.
This reminds me of that AR app that let you put ps5s and series X's on any surface you wanted them on, I watched a YouTube video the week before they released about a woman ordering things off Alibaba using these faked photos and fake listings, it was hilarious some of the responses she was getting when she asked for more details.
@Mpquikster I got the email to say that it’s being sent 2nd class through Royal Mail, which means yes, that absolutely did not cost them £20 and I’ll need to wait about a week for it to arrive 😂😂
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