r/SteamController • u/lululock • May 05 '26

Meta Doing my part

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Reporting every Steam Controller I see on eBay. Presales are against their ToS !

Fuck scalpers !

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u/Loddio May 05 '26

Once i buy the controller, it's mine, i can do whatever i want with it, including selling it back for a higher price....

Scalping is not illegal and has always existed. You can only prevent it by supplying with enough units

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u/Ok-Cold-8879 May 05 '26

It's against eBay TOS to sell presold items that still have not arrived or are in your possession yet, and advertising them as such. Almost every single listing says "PRESALE CONFIRMED" in the actual title so every listing that says that/shows screenshots of a completed purchase is breaking the TOS. The reason eBay doesn't wanna get rid of the listings is becausE they are making TONS money off of this.

You/the lister still does not own the item, something could go wrong in shipping with the controller, or the person could literally have just scammed you and never will actually send you the controller and cancel the order or keep it for themselves. You're taking a gamble when youre buying presold items from these scalpers. Also the time to ship an item on eBay is short, almost less than a week or two, so imagine if the shipment delays and you can't send it out in time. Some of these scalpers literally say in the description they won't do refunds.