Leak Suggests There Will Be Four Different Ways To Buy A Steam Machine, Along With Scalper Protection

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kotaku.com/steam-machine-launch-price-tech-store-valve-pc-controller-2000694851

😬 Steam Controller sold out in 30 seconds and shot to the top of Steam's paid chart; Valve priced it at $99, but SCALPERS immediately flooded eBay with ~2x listings.

Valve apologized and says restock is coming. In the wider charts Counter-Strike 2 still rules, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era sits at #2, while Vampire Crawlers tumbled out of the top 3. Peak players: Diablo IV, 64,518; Far Far West, 47,256.

#SteamAndEpic #Valve #Far #CounterStrike #Controller #SCALPERS

Steam Controller launched, was sold out in less than 2 hours, and now they're all listed on eBay for 3x the price

FUCK THE SCALPERS

Do the God's work - report scalper listings, as they don't have the product they're selling

#gaming #steam #controller #games #launch #scalpers #valve #rant

Valve’s New $100 Steam Controller Sells Out Instantly As Scalpers Try To Flip Them For Up To $300

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kotaku.com/valves-new-100-steam-controller-sells-out-instantly-as-scalpers-try-to-flip-them-for-up-to-300-2000693064

Scalpers Target Pokémon Pop-Tarts, Selling Them For Up To Eight Times Their Worth

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kotaku.com/scalpers-target-pokemon-pop-tarts-selling-them-for-up-to-eight-times-their-worth-2000692980

“I’m From Fintech and I’m Here to Help You”. By Stephen Macaulay

A couple weeks ago Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary were determined to be running an illegal monopoly by a federal court.

Usually “monopoly” tends to be thought of in the context of something like AT&T or Standard Oil, not a firm orchestrating concerts.

But there’s Live Nation....

#lawsuits #LiveNation #scalpers #Ticketmaster #music #blog

https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/im-from-fintech-and-im-here-to-help-you

Scalpers' Mass Retreat Declared National Treasure

Paid seats to watch their retreat sold out instantly.

#AltAndPaperEN #Scalpers #TraditionalArt #DigitalArt

Scalpers' Mass Retreat Hailed as National Treasure

Store made buyers burn boxes on-site. Scalpers fled in unison, now with paid viewing seats.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20260407-reseller-retreat-festival/

#AltAndPaperEN #Scalpers #Schadenfreude