Genuine question - why did 250 people buy this?
Genuine question - why did 250 people buy this?
www.ebay.com
Steam Gift Card $100 Steam Wallet - FAST SHIPPING 799366010289 | eBay
Is there some secret giftcard doubling jutsu in not aware of?
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There are two kind of buyers, this smart guy:
and grandpa, who bought it for his grandson billy:
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So the first guy bought it for 100, suggesting the price used to be 100, and all those purchases may not have been crazy.
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Yes, they start low it with a discount to build up reputation so that their next sales will not look suspicious
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Money laundering
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Likely this. Gift cards are popular purchases when using stolen credit card details. The online order makes it easier since there's no physical card/chip needing to be replicated.
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As someone that used to buy these overpriced cards for PSN: A legit reason is that Sony didn't accept local credit cards, you needed to have an international one to buy games directly, so a lot of people just resold these gift cards to us poor mortals with our useless credit cards.
Either that or drug money laundering.
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People trying to refund a tech support company after accidentally transferring too much money to themselves at the DOS prompt.
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Quite possibly related to the Steam gift card scam https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/09A1-E754-1D86-DDC9
Often all the shops round here are sold out of steam gift cards for this reason. It’s sad, I spoke to a store worker about it, they explain to people they are getting scammed but they want the cards anyway.
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Some people like to use a stored balance as a financial discipline tool. Don't put a "real" funding source on the account and then you can only spend the $100 you committed to, and not go whale-mad and drop $500 on premium currencies.
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This gift card costs $150 tho
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Problem: They paid $150 for $100 in gift cards.
Why lose $50?
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At a guess:
I'm leaning towards explanation 2
Yup. And nobody but their customers will buy (since it's $150 for a $100 card) so they don't have to worry about buying a card to send a real customer to look legit.