Zelda Fans Are Reporting The Ocarina Of Time Scalpers To Get Their eBay Listings Removed

Zelda Fans Are Reporting The Ocarina Of Time Scalpers To Get Their eBay Listings Removed

From TheGamer (Written by Rhiannon Bevan) on | OpenCritic

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is getting special editions and a new Switch 2 model. Unfortunately, if you are even remotely familiar with the gaming industry, then you know what comes next: they got scalped.

As we reported yesterday, scalpers are already trying to resell their pre-orders for the new Nintendo Switch 2 model, and the same is being done with pre-orders of the game itself, with listings popping up for the special editions with different covers. Now, fans are trying to do something about it, and it turns out that eBay's own rules could help them out.

This was kicked off by Reddit user franny1730, who shared their email inbox, showing how many listings they've reported. They claim to have reported hundreds, and they say eBay is actually taking them down.

Some are sceptical, but as others highlight, these scalpers are in breach of eBay's rules. Specifically, there is a rule against listing any item that you cannot physically send out yourself within 40 days of purchase. You can read eBay's presale rules here - it's pretty cut and dry. We are, in fact, 55 days away from Ocarina of Time Remake's release date,...

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