scammers have designed bots to rip off customers.The practice, known as “scalping”, involves using a bot which has the user’s payment information ready, and can check out within milliseconds of the stock going live, effectively shutting out would be customers.The consoles are then put up on auction sites like eBay at an exorbitant rate, with sellers gouging the price up to as much as £1,000, more than double the product’s RRP.Retailers and gamers hope that as more stock becomes available the high value of the items will drop and they will become less desirable for scalpers to target.But for now, gamers looking to get their hands on the console should keep an eye out from Monday..
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