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of the scalpers. with the pandemic came lockdowns, and with the majority of the population stuck at home, we had nothing really to do.buy buy. and so online spending went up. we bought clothes, hobby kits, sourdough starters, fire pits, hot tubs, gym equipment, anything to get us through it, and that includes gaming consoles like the brand new ps5. but there was a problem. the semiconductor shortage. the shortage of semiconductors. they don t have the semiconductors. what is that? simply put, they are the brains of modern electronics. so, they re in pretty much every product. electronics need them. cars, smart phones, laptops, gaming consoles. and so with very few on the market, fans are trying websites to try and get them. however, there is money to be made. in come the scalpers.
hey, welcome, welcome, welcome! lara lewington, what is the craziest thing you ve ever bought on ebay? um, slippers? dogs dog slippers! i wondered where that was going. ok, i did ask for crazy. well, look, do you remember the times when you bid on an item and you thought you were going to win the auction, and then in the dying few seconds, you were beaten by someone else? yes, they weren t real people, though, were they? no, they weren t. they were computer programmes designed to work really fast and beat you to the bid button, and i hated them. no one did that to my dog slippers, though. can t imagine why. well, look, now, this idea is being used in new ways, and omar mehtab has been looking at the phenomenon of the scalpers. with the pandemic came lockdowns, and with the majority of the population stuck at home, we had nothing really to do.buy buy. really to do.but buy. and so online spending went up. we bought clothes, hobby kits,
lara lewington, what is the craziest thing you ve ever bought on ebay? um, slippers? dogs dog slippers! i wondered where that was going. ok, i did ask for crazy. well, look, do you remember the times when you bid on an item and you thought you were going to win the auction, and then in the dying few seconds, you were beaten by someone else? yes, they weren t real people, though, were they? no, they weren t. they were computer programmes designed to work really fast and beat you to the bid button, and i hated them. no one did that to my dog slippers, though. can t imagine why. well, look, now, this idea is being used in new ways, and omar mehtab has been looking at the phenomenon of the scalpers. with the pandemic came lockdowns, and with the majority of the population stuck at home, we had nothing really to do.buy buy. and so online spending went up. we bought clothes, hobby kits, sourdough starters, fire pits, hot tubs, gym equipment, anything to get us through it,