PlayStation Fans Gleefully Snitch on 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro Scalpers

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30th Anniversary PS5 Pro Reveal

In a strangely cathartic piece of news, annoyed and disgruntled PlayStation fans who were unable to secure preorders for the undeniably gorgeous 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundle have been mass-reporting the scalpers who did. Many of these sordid trades happen on eBay, and the retailer has reportedly been unusually responsive in taking these hugely inflated listings down.

Spotted by PSLS, X user (and Killzone fanzine writer) Jimmy Bowers set out the template for the process. According to Bowers, you're not allowed to hike the price of a limited item pre-release, and thus, these ridiculous listings breach the platform's terms of use. So, if you feel like venting your spleen on the bot-wrangler who snapped up all those lovely 30th Anniversary PS5 Pros (probably), well, there you go.

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