It?s no secret that the PS5 is in short supply right now. Sony?s Jim Ryan has said that ?absolutely everything is sold? in regards to the the console supply. That means that many eagerly waiting fans are trying to snag any stock that occasionally comes up as Sony tries to meet the high demand. Scalpers have made it difficult for legitimate buyers, however, with one PS5 scalper group claiming to have nearly 3500 consoles for resale at premiums much higher than the PS5 retail price.
Business Insider reported on the UK-based scalper group called CrepChiefNotify who managed to scoop up close to 3500 PS5s between the preorder period and the more recent stock availability around launch. The group uses a combination of Discord, retail-scraping bots, and insider information to have a significant advantage over the average consumer. CrepChiefNotify charges members a subscription fee for access to its tools, which has enabled them to get the absurd number of PS5s headed to sites like ebay at significant markup, sometimes up to double or more the retail value of the console.
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