Exactly. I figured it would have to sell for at least $420 (shipping included) to be somewhat worthwhile. Less $42 to Ebay, then about $11-$12 to Paypal, about $15 for shipping. The total after those fees would be about $351, and if I paid $317.99 for the console (after sales tax), then you're looking at only about $33 profit. Not "bad", but just not worth the time to deal with it. So I just returned it to Best Buy while still within their 15-day policy. I should have sold the preorder though lol. Some people made out pretty well on those sales.
Hacking Switch Got Hacked?! Should I Buy OR Wait?!
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Exactly. I figured it would have to sell for at least $420 (shipping included) to be somewhat worthwhile. Less $42 to Ebay, then about $11-$12 to Paypal, about $15 for shipping. The total after those fees would be about $351, and if I paid $317.99 for the console (after sales tax), then you're looking at only about $33 profit. Not "bad", but just not worth the time to deal with it. So I just returned it to Best Buy while still within their 15-day policy. I should have sold the preorder though lol. Some people made out pretty well on those sales.
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lol, well, I looked at ebay just for fun and most of auction reached above 525$ CAD (here, a new one is sold 400 CAD)
Oh I'm sure that the numbers will continue to rise if the stock isn't replenished soon, but I just wasn't willing to take the risk. Plus, I have too much going on with work and family so it was best to just get rid of it quick. There will be other opportunities to flip
It's just the tip of the iceberg for now, nothing too complex was done.
Then again I am less surprised about this hack as we all know it uses Nvidia's components which are used on Android. Which by itself is hacked fairly frequently.
Then again I am less surprised about this hack as we all know it uses Nvidia's components which are used on Android. Which by itself is hacked fairly frequently.
you guys do realize if you have an ebay store the fee on a switch is only 4%, not 10%.
Is it free to set up an ebay store? Man, it really seems ebay's cuts have gotten higher and higher.
I don't really see the benefit of homebrew being on the switch.
1) only userland, so only so much we can do (other then some basic programs)
2)even if it had kernel access, the games selection right now are too shit and not worth pirating anyway.
1) only userland, so only so much we can do (other then some basic programs)
2)even if it had kernel access, the games selection right now are too shit and not worth pirating anyway.
I don't know what you guys are on about. They're in stock in my country because nobody can fucking afford them.Oh I'm sure that the numbers will continue to rise if the stock isn't replenished soon, but I just wasn't willing to take the risk. Plus, I have too much going on with work and family so it was best to just get rid of it quick. There will be other opportunities to flip
If any of you scalpers want to stock up, you can use my address to forward them to your destination if you give me one and pay shipping.
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Multiple reasons, but mostly I just feel that there's not enough there to justify a day one purchase. Plus, I've got a baby on the way and things are really busy at my job, so there will be no time to play it. I'll probably pick it up again later in the year, or early next year. When I went to return it, the look on the Best Buy employee's face was priceless though. You would have thought that I brought in the holy grail! lol
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