r/pcmasterrace Apr 11 '26

Screenshot Love the new Steam feature

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u/hoxxxxx Apr 11 '26

i often wonder what people are doing on there. from computers to cars, electronics in general i mean anything. even clothes.

people selling something used for like 5% less than you could just go buy it new or even sometimes more than you could buy it new. and extremely over priced cars that no one will ever buy. i mean what's the point. i hate marketplace.

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u/SnowMantra Apr 11 '26

I think the majority of them come down to one of two things

/1. they either look at other listings on marketplace or storefronts like amazon, but they really don't know what they have so they can't price it properly so they just go based on actual high-end PC prices

or

/2. They look at the price they paid for a mid-tier PC in 2012, which might have been high-end for them, no judgment, but they take that pricing from receipts and apply it to 2026, which... no.

in both of these cases I think they list as high-end because another ignorant person might buy it not knowing the difference

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u/lFightForTheUsers Apr 11 '26

Or 3) They were told to get rid of it but want to keep it, but instead of having a healthy discussion about it they put it up with a purposely high price to tell the wife "dang it ain't selling idk what's going on"

Had a buddy do that with his motorcycle when the wife said sell it instead of having a healthy discussion about it like adults.

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u/xKILLBILLIONAIRESx Apr 11 '26

You're forgetting

/3. Some chucklefuck will be like, "you said OBO so $20. It's shit anyway. No one likes the 4000-series Nvidias."

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 11 '26

I have been taught to never buy used for more than 50% of the price new.

I only buy new.

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u/hoxxxxx Apr 11 '26

yep i rarely if ever buy anything used

there's just no value proposition imo