Yeah, it's still a game to be played...

probably a lot of programs on the stock market that do that, sense a trend and buy into it (and have been accused of being able to buy ahead of other buyers) but you can imagine the high stakes poker game that might be.

Jeez, depending on when it was, I would have thought Springsteen would be a sure bet on a college campus.

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Posted: 04/27/2020 at 10:21AM

Nintendo switch speculation -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 09:06AM

"Nate" open sourced Bird Bot to automatically buy Switches and markup -- pburg_hokie 04/27/2020 09:31AM

That was interesting, thanks. ** -- `lag 04/27/2020 09:51AM

Wow interesting and sad ** -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 09:42AM

You are upset with supply v demand market forces? ** -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 09:11AM

No, speculation and hoarding -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 09:15AM

You're right, it really isn't the demand, it's the speculation. -- HWA 04/27/2020 09:22AM

Agry. i'm not paying over list price. -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 09:26AM

Stick to your guns! -- EDGEMAN 04/27/2020 10:08AM

Video games systems being marked up and resold -- GreenvilleVT 04/27/2020 09:42AM

This is making think back to a lot of concert tickets now... -- `lag 04/27/2020 09:59AM

My second year in grad school, Springsteen came to the Dean Dome -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 10:12AM

Yeah, it's still a game to be played... -- `lag 04/27/2020 10:21AM

Not to be confused with Springstine, who was our TE coach at the time ** -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 10:17AM

Yeah I thought it was market forces -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 09:44AM

A couple things happened -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 10:17AM

Well, it is market forces, they've identified a scarcity -- `lag 04/27/2020 09:53AM

I haven't seen hoarding of those devices -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 09:21AM

There is hoarding of the traditional Switch. Some people have created or -- AbsolutVT03 04/27/2020 5:21PM

That's the Switch Lite - those are easier to find -- VT_AD 04/27/2020 2:21PM

Roger, will be on the lookout, like a good witch er tech hunt ** -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 2:28PM

It's just the switch -- Hokie Chris 04/27/2020 09:25AM

The best buy link I provided isn't it? ** -- HokieForever 04/27/2020 09:39AM

Yeah, it's still a game to be played...

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