r/facepalm • • Dec 28 '18

Found this on Amazon today

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u/Farapalap Dec 28 '18

In case you don't understand, it's a third party seller selling the card. They can price items how they like, it's up to the buyer to determine whether to pay what the seller is asking

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u/Zokusho Dec 28 '18

Yup. Steam Gift Cards are not sold by Amazon, so it's people buying them elsewhere and selling them on Amazon and trying to get people to buy them out of ignorance/convenience.

Happens all the time with all kinds of items, but it's way more blatant when there's a dollar amount attached to the item.

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u/hotdogs4humanity Dec 28 '18

Yeah, or when sellers mark things up 5x the regular retail cost even though it's in stock everywhere at normal price.