Question? My daughter wants to purchase the new Xbox series X
for my grandson in college. He is doing so well in this pandemic year and missed out on any senior fun due to the virus in his high school senior year, so I told her I would split the cost with her.
The price? $500. The catch? It is the gift of the season and sold out. Apparently Walmart was taking orders at 9 pm for a new batch, and daughter was online from 8:45 to reserve one. At 9:01 they were sold out. At 9:10 there were dozens on EBay for sale for $1,000.
How is this legal?
Pisses me off. The country is full of grifters and they always seem to get away with it.
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I'm a gamer and have been going through this since N64 and PS3 
You might even be better off waiting a bit as you might get the next gen hardware which is usually better (you never know though).
When a new system comes out (hello there PS5...), I just dig into some of my older games and have some fun while I wait for the hype to dissipate. The tough thing is that it's hard to say when it will happen with the virus this time around.
Good luck to you! I think it's a great thing you guys are doing!
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No way do you buy into the scalping, and there's marginal protection. I would wait until GameStop or Target has it. Buy it at some place that you can get an extended warranty, because the red ring of death is not uncommon, and since it's a new system, it's kinks have not been worked out.
You don't want to pre-order a Series X. Here's Why
A lot of Xbox fans have already pre-ordered the Xbox Series X and Series S. Some, however, didn't manage to reserve a new Xbox for themselves, but are still keeping their eyes peeled for additional stock at retailers. If you're one of those people, this may be a good time to look back at previous Xbox console launches. While it's understandable you'd want to snag a next-gen Xbox as soon as possible, there are a few good reasons why you should wait a bit before buying one of these new machines.
The biggest fiasco in the history of Xbox console launches is easily the Red Ring of Death. When the Xbox 360 was first released, there was a decent chance that it would quickly stop working altogether, effectively becoming a super expensive paperweight. Gamers would switch on their Xbox 360s and would be greeted with an upsetting sight: the usual green power light around the Xbox logo would instead have turned an ominous red. This was an indicator for a fatal system error that essentially rendered the system completely inoperable. After displaying the Red Ring of Death, 360 consoles couldn't even load the dashboard, much less play any of the new and exciting games that fans had just shelled out for.
While it appeared as though these were merely a series of isolated incidents, the problem became more and more widespread. With people quickly becoming furious with Microsoft, the company made the decision to recall and repair all of the defective consoles at no extra charge for the customer. This ended up costing Microsoft well over a billion dollars and gave many an Xbox customer a headache, but it ended up being a move that restored a lot of faith in the Xbox brand.
Still, the specter of the Red Ring of Death will hang heavily over every Xbox console launch. In fact, a similar problem occurred when the Xbox One finally launched in 2013. Within days of the console's launch, some customers were reporting that their Xbox One units were completely dying after only a few hours of use. Those who didn't have a console immediately "brick" itself ran into other issues with the new system. Some gamers reported that the Xbox One couldn't load any games; the console would instead constantly crash and reboot. Others said their games worked alright, but that the disc drive was absurdly loud, with some customers mentioning loud grinding sounds from the console that made them fear for their game discs.
https://www.svg.com/250341/you-dont-want-to-pre-order-a-series-x-heres-why/
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She was the one disappointed because she wanted to surprise him with it and spent hours trying to find one.
Moms are funny like that. 
