cormack12
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Source: https://www.vg247.com/2021/01/20/uk-game-ps5-scalpers/
In a statement to VGC, the company said that it was checking any orders made to make sure that each customer is buying just one PS5. This comes in the wake of GAME having a restock of Sony’s new and highly sought after console on Tuesday, January 19, which resulted in huge digital queues of people trying to snap up stock.
“All pre-orders are subject to automatic checks and order updates such as cancellations following these checks take place after a customer will have received a valid order confirmation email. At the present time, these orders are still pre-orders and as such, no payments have yet been taken from customers. Payments will commence once our order checks have been completed.”
“We have strong measures in place to help ensure that our ‘1 per customer’ statement is maintained to allow for as many individual customers to successfully purchase as possible.
So looks as though they will take the preorders but just roll them back. Guess it makes more sense than trying to write complicated anti-bot software. I'm not sure how the carnage bot works but I guess it ties to an email address/account rather than allowing hundreds of burner emails?
In a statement to VGC, the company said that it was checking any orders made to make sure that each customer is buying just one PS5. This comes in the wake of GAME having a restock of Sony’s new and highly sought after console on Tuesday, January 19, which resulted in huge digital queues of people trying to snap up stock.
“All pre-orders are subject to automatic checks and order updates such as cancellations following these checks take place after a customer will have received a valid order confirmation email. At the present time, these orders are still pre-orders and as such, no payments have yet been taken from customers. Payments will commence once our order checks have been completed.”
“We have strong measures in place to help ensure that our ‘1 per customer’ statement is maintained to allow for as many individual customers to successfully purchase as possible.
So looks as though they will take the preorders but just roll them back. Guess it makes more sense than trying to write complicated anti-bot software. I'm not sure how the carnage bot works but I guess it ties to an email address/account rather than allowing hundreds of burner emails?