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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~(That would encourage scalpers doing it more often. I don't think a company should pay scalpers "ransom" like that and reward them. The better option would be try to avoid them.)~~ Edit: Never mind, I misunderstood you.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does it encourage scalpers? Buyers will outbid scalpers because scalpers need to make a profit.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Oh wait, I totally misunderstood you. Actually that's not a bad idea to auction it themselves too. I guess the ebay middleman would complicate things further for Valve and even more costly. Maybe for the first 2 weeks or so until enough stock is there.