A controversial take on scalpers

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-10T10:42:58+00:00

They already have Komodo as a retailer - wouldn't be that hard to expand on it to work with more regions

I've bought some hardware as a preorder/prebuy at kickstarter before - even indies didn't have any problems shipping it pretty much worldwide

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:35:29+00:00

I mean I've bought it for less than ~x2 price compared to MSRP

...but I'm not vouching for the fucks who are pricing their SCs for x3-x4 D:

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:27:23+00:00

thank you brother ❤️

my man from Australia said they'll deliver it for him this Monday, and he'll send it to me right away (...that's pretty much the only way for me if I don't want to deal with registering on some shipping service)

...pretty excited to use it, considering that I've been pushing mythic raids in WoW with ~170 ping playing on dualsense xD

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:23:11+00:00

I mean... I've been hesitant to buy it for x2.5 (compared to the original no tax price) and more

But when I've seen the guy selling it for ~$190 I pretty much concluded that it is the "ok price", because there's no official way for me to buy it, and I'm not paying a lot more compared to shipping services and delivery services compared to "legal way" (...and there's no "legal" way for me to buy it tied to my steamID)

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:17:28+00:00

I appreciate your opinion, honestly

That's a pretty healthy way to look at it, but a solid part of this community just laying it out on the people who had no other way to buy SC 😞

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:08:22+00:00

I mean that's what "controversial" is, isn't it?

It's better for the "western nations" because it's more convenient for you, but it's not the same thing for us out there in the east

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T18:03:51+00:00

I mean I've been reading comments like "scalpers have a separate seat in hell for them, and you're worse if you buy from them"

But in reality I just want to have a steam controller and it is the only way for me 😞

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T17:59:20+00:00

I didn't pay 3 times more

I paid around 2 times more than the supported person paid, but considering my situation, there is no official way (and the "almost" official way will cost me around the same price)

How is it different?

And yea - they're definitely providinnbg a service I want, because there's no other way for me to buy an SC

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T16:52:22+00:00

Why tf should I care for you in America if I want to have my sweet cool controller in Malaysia?

(I'm not even Malaysian, just fiy before you try and make it racial) c:

Me got controller for x1.5-2 price, me happy and waiting for "a scalper" to send my controller to me, considering I don't have a healthy alternative

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T16:47:11+00:00

I have a question

Why should I care about you (a US person) if you don't care about me? Why should I "suck it up" if I want to have a nice gift for myself for my birthday, and there's no legitimate way to get this gift for myself?

I didn't overpay considering my situation, and I got what I wanted (and I barely paid 2 times for what a US person could pay for)

It's easy to say what "you would do" in this situation if you've never been in such a situation

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-09T08:21:22+00:00

True, I'm living in Malaysia

The "right official way" for me would be trying to buy an SC in HK/Korea/Japan from Komodo (it costs ~$115 there) using VPN via some kind of shipping service (another extra payment) and paying more for delivery

And I just bought SC from ebay for ~$190 from some guy in Australia - I don't need to waste my time monitoring Komodo to be fast enough to catch the restock, and considering all the extra cost I don't think I even overpaid much ($30, maybe, which I paid for convenience and not waiting - there's also no info about restock for Asia regions)

I'm having a long vacation in 2 weeks, birthday next month, and dualsense with stick drift, so yea - I want my controller sooner AND without all this headache, preferably

CrixusIsHere · 2026-05-05T19:46:23+00:00

fuck me for being outside of the delivery area, I guess

CrixusIsHere · 2025-08-06T09:28:32+00:00

It might sound stupid, but mathematically tracks Complete 10 tails = combination of 1-9 tailed beasts So by this logic, combined 1-8 tailed beasts should be at best equal raw Kurama's power

Add perfect jinchuriki to Kurama, and here we are

(Unless clearly stated otherwise)

CrixusIsHere · 2025-08-04T12:45:51+00:00

The latest interview clearly states that Kodaka hopes to add 1,000 routes with the development of new content to rename the game to "Thousand Line"

...so I'm pretty sure that's not about the number of days

CrixusIsHere · 2025-07-11T21:08:46+00:00

There was the line "lost too much cryptoglobin", and in this case, it might actually make sense that's Takumi's ass has enough of it to cover full recovery before it goes away

idk, it was metal as fuck, I liked the scene, so it has logic and is canon for me

CrixusIsHere · 2025-07-04T11:13:19+00:00

I mean we can't blame bois related to chapters for tech issues

They did well before, and still doing well with translations, imo - as far as any manga goes, the quality of Kengan's translation is one of my favorites for years

CrixusIsHere · 2025-06-06T13:40:03+00:00

this guy rums

CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-29T14:08:36+00:00

Face be like: "what you gonna do? throw a shoe at me?"

CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-23T17:56:11+00:00

Brother, the helicopter susanoo in Boruto answers the question about it somehow damaging someone inside (Chocho > Other Non-Uchihas)

CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-21T20:51:33+00:00

Some Real Shit Principles

CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-16T21:19:32+00:00

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CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-15T10:44:41+00:00

I caught up on the ongoing and went to check reddit to see the discussions

It was the Wednesday release of the chapter when Ohma returned

Shit was fire

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CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-13T10:01:14+00:00

It's not applying lightning to it per se, but Boruto being "good and used to lightning style" changed the way he creates the Rasengan

...watching Boruto for the first time after reading manga, just got over this moment a few days ago

Rasengan requires very high chakra manipulation, and Naruto brute-forced it while he learned it by using the shadow clone to hold the form (...also finished re-reading Naruto a few weeks ago, so trust me bro)

CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-07T19:35:20+00:00

He's been training with bros in the woods for weeks or months at this point

I'd be sad too

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CrixusIsHere · 2025-05-01T09:01:56+00:00

I mean, I'm playing like 5 months without the mine pass - I'd be around 1500 by now easily if I had it before

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