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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by tedmiston on Thursday March 02, 2017 @04:59PM (#13778652)
> And yesterday on eBay, 22 pairs of Spectacles were sold, with one pair went for $229 and 2 others went for $200 each...

Snapchat isn't making any additional money from the Spectacles resellers though.

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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by MorePowerToYou on Thursday March 02, 2017 @05:16PM (#13778783)
The point is Snap knows how to make things people want. Contrast with GearVRs or Oculus Rifts. They're not selling for above retail on eBay.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by tedmiston on Thursday March 02, 2017 @06:03PM (#13779170)
I don't think scarcity indicates anything more than a supply-demand imbalance. Some people buy products in this area just to resell even if they don't actually want it. It's tough to make an apples to apples comparison when one company artificially limited the early supply while the others didn't.
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