The
Washington Post reports that Ted Brack, 47, is among those buying the next-gen consoles with software that alerts him when products are available and allows him to hammer retailers with orders faster than a regular customer ever could. I can see why somebody would get upset about it, says Brack. But any time that there s demand for something, you re always going to find somebody in between a purchaser and seller.
Brack tells the
Posthis side hustle will earn him about $30,000 this year. On the other side is John Coleman, 13, who has been trying without success to purchase a PS5 since the units first went on sale last month. Think about the little kids who ve been waiting for it; it will be their first console, he says.
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Dec. 16, 2020
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Thirteen-year-old John Coleman has tried everything to buy a Sony PlayStation 5. Coleman, from Bowie, Md., spent his summer cleaning and mowing lawns to save up the $500 the game console is supposed to cost. He stayed up until 5 a.m. when Target s first units went on sale, and camped in front of a Maryland GameStop on Black Friday. A month after the PS5 s debut, he checks inventory alerts every day after virtual school but still doesn t have the console.
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