That didn’t take long. Along with consoles and graphics cards, scalpers are now trying to resell Razer’s RGB-powered face mask for as much as five times the normal price.
The first units for Razer’s $99 Zephyr mask went on sale last Thursday via Razer.com. Since then, scalpers have flooded eBay with listings for the product, which was first noticed by IGN.
However, the scalpers are demanding obscene prices for the product. Currently, many of the resale prices range from $200 to as high as $500. One listing is even calling for buyers to fork over $1,000 to own the newly launched mask.
According to eBay's Terapeak tool, scalpers have already sold 45 Zephyr masks on the platform, even though none of them appear to have the product in hand. Instead, they claim they successfully ordered the mask from Razer's website.
This isn't a surprise. Resellers have told PCMag they’ll target any item—be it a PlayStation 5, webcam, or swimming pool—so long as the product is in demand and can fetch a sizable profit. Resellers also snatched up the Xbox Mini Fridge during pre-orders last week, for example.
If you’re looking to own the Zephyr mask, we’d advise you to keep trying to buy it directly from Razer.com. The vendor is scheduled to restart orders again at 12 p.m. EST today. Interested customers can also sign up for email updates to learn when the mask will be back in stock.
In an email to customers Razer adds: “The first two drops sold out quickly as demand was overwhelming, but we're committed to keeping the drops coming and will continue to make more units available.
“Improvements have been made for the next drop, such as limiting the number of units per order to one, increasing our server capacities, and ramping up our automatic bot detection measures to ensure units only go to you, the fans,” the company adds. “In the meantime: Don't buy from scalpers and stay tuned.”