PC World - USA (2021-01)

10 PCWorld JANUARY 2021

NEWS HOW MUCH SCALPERS MAKE

Driscoll recognizes that focusing on eBay

is a weak spot of his report. The data from this

very large and organized marketplace is

easier to parse, but Driscoll said Craigslist,

Facebook Marketplace, and Discord, as well

as forums, are likely where most professional

scalpers will go, if only because of the better

profit margins compared to the fee-based

eBay. Driscoll said he believes the entire

scalping market for consoles and hardware is

at least two to five times larger in reality.

If there’s one thing distraught PC fans be

thankful for: It’s not as bad as it is with consoles,

where prices continue to surge. Driscoll’s

numbers show some 29,795 next-gen Xbox

consoles sold on eBay, with the median price

of the higher-end Xbox Series X about $865.

Driscoll says 32,964 PlayStation 5 consoles

have been sold on eBay. Combined, that’s

nearly 63,000 game consoles that have been

flipped. And as usual, the PlayStation 5 is

slightly ahead of the new Xbox.

RTX-30 SERIES: HOW MUCH SCALPERS AND FLIPPERS HAVE

MADE SELLING ON EBAY SO FAR

GPU model RTX 3060 Ti RTX 3070 RTX 3080 RTX 3090

MSRP $399 $499 $699 $1,

Total sold 112 4,141 7,222 3,

Median Price $649 $786 $1,315 $2,

Past Week Median Price $649 $809 $1,250 $2,

Casual Scalper Break Even $498 $623 $869 $1,

Sophisticated Scalper Break Even $406 $507 $711 $1,

Scalper/ebay Profits $22,948 $1,254,754 $5,278,707 $3,049,

Total Sales $67,636 $3,321,113 $10,326,885 $8,669,

There’s a brisk, and profitable business in scalping Nvidia’s 30-series cards on eBay.

According to research by Michael Driscoll, the

PlayStation 5 is slightly ahead in sales of the new

Xbox on eBay scalping.

The Scalper’s take on the

console wars

Total PS5 and new XBox sales flipped on eBay

since release

32,964 UNITS53% 29,795 UNITS47%

New Xbox

PlayStation 5