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Oh dear. People are selling reservation codes

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Onelittlebugbear · 13/12/2013 17:34

On eBay, for Lucy the dog.

I'm very very pleased I bought daisy furreal plays with me kitty back November for £29.99 off amazon. It's now out of stock and is going to up to £100 on eBay! I'm skint and if ds wouldn't be devastated come christmas morn I'd sell it now and then rebuy it after christmas.
I do think selling reservation codes is a bit mean though.

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Frozenatchristmas · 13/12/2013 17:35

There were lots of play station 4 reservation codes being sold also. Some for hundred of pounds.

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Onelittlebugbear · 13/12/2013 17:37

I would feel very bad selling a reservation code.
I think that's beyond the pale!

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GirlWithTheDirtyShirt · 13/12/2013 17:37

I might be going mad but it's showing as in stock on Amazon?

woooooooobooo · 13/12/2013 17:38

It's terrible. I remember the 1st year leappads were out and people did that. I've seen people selling hudls for £££s on Facebook too.

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Onelittlebugbear · 13/12/2013 17:39

It is in stock on amazon now but people are still bidding on them on eBay. Maybe they don't realise?

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NowBringUsSomeFuzzpiggyPudding · 13/12/2013 18:26

Crazy :(

clubnail · 13/12/2013 18:30

For this@ www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1391684.htm? If so, more fool them for not looking elsewhere first, no?

OneLittleLady · 13/12/2013 18:31

I think that's really terrible. Using other people's desperation to get certain things to make a profit disgusts me and makes me sad in equal measure

ChristmasStrumpet · 13/12/2013 23:13

This is sucj a vile part of christmas and everything christmas should not be.

I am guilty of buying too much stuff and sometimes just wish it could all be so much simpler with small simple gifts without all this consumerism.

MilkOneSugar · 14/12/2013 02:32

Last year tescos exclusively stocked the mr tumble toys. DD being a massive fan, I wanted to get her the tumble bag and mr tumble talking doll for Xmas. But a fair few arseholes clever people had cottoned on and bought out all the stock which was promptly listed on eBay for two or three times the rrp, sometimes more.

I was really annoyed so started a post in chat and was promptly flamed. Apparently it was just good business sense and I didn't have to pay those prices. But it's difficult when you just know your child would love that gift, I did consider it. In the end I found a store about half an hour away that had some in stock so didn't have to pay the inflated prices.

I do think it's mean to take advantage of people's desperation in this way.

GlittersLikeGold · 14/12/2013 14:17

I worked in Argos when I was at uni, the year the Wii came out, everyone went mental.

On Christmas Eve, someone bought the last reserved one in stock. A woman behind him in the queue bought it from him for £500!!!

Crazy.

cazzybabs · 14/12/2013 22:35

Oh dear :) especially as you could write a ticket saying "here is a coupon to get X in the new year". But then I am a mean mum!

kateecass · 15/12/2013 00:13

OMG I bought that cat for DD. She didn't ask for it. I saw it on the bargain thread and as she hadn't come up with any ideas I bought it. Shall I sell it and put the money in her bank?!! She has plenty of other toys coming.

HerlockSholmes · 15/12/2013 00:39

the people who buy the stuff at the jumped up prices must have more money than sense.

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