PP_BOY_ comments on How I bought Steam Deck OLED ~25% cheaper from Steam

How I bought Steam Deck OLED ~25% cheaper from Steam (gearsrealm.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Streamer@kbin.social to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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Just sharing my method on how I bought my Steam Deck OLED for 3/4 of the original price. I was skeptical when I read about it, but decided to try it and it took me a few good hours trying not to screw it up, but it worked out in the end. Maybe someone can benefit from it, but it has some risks.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean props to the OP but if you read the article they didn't buy a Steam Deck for $440... It's pretty much just getting lucky flipping CS:GO skins

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[–] Andi@feddit.uk 22 points 2 years ago

Agreed. A similar 'hack' could be "I bought a Steam Deck for free, all I had to do was to work for 22 hours at a job that earned me $25/hour"

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[+] Streamer@kbin.social [S] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

No, I didn't try to get lucky, I checked the prices every minute on Steam market to not get screwed (there are some bots making fake orders) and just sold the items within 5 minutes of buying it cheaper. But you can definitely buy it cheaper if you know these markets, but I was being very risk-averse.

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