{"id":5989,"date":"2026-04-15T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2126813"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:31:22","slug":"a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\/","title":{"rendered":"A scalper group claimed to secure 1000 Xbox Series X orders &#8211; then the retailer cancelled them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S, stories of scalping groups and extraordinary third-party prices have hit the headlines &#8211; and it&#8217;s often felt like little has been done to prevent the practice. But today&#8217;s scalping story ends somewhat differently, as a group that boasted about securing 1000 Xbox Series X orders has found them all cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The scalping group &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-24-playstation-5-launch-plagued-by-stock-scalping-report-suggests\">same one that claimed to have ordered 2500 PS5s at launch<\/a> &#8211; yesterday posted on social media it had secured &#8220;over 1000+&#8221; Xbox Series X consoles from a &#8220;very well known online retailer&#8221;. The scalping group charges a \u00a329.99 monthly subscription (or lifetime membership of \u00a3399.99) for its members to get information on how to carry out scalping themselves, and reportedly uses bots to automatically find cheap prices and complete mass purchases. The group claimed to have notified its members of a restock at the retailer, and urged its followers to buy a subscription for the information. <\/p>\n<p>The retailer in question, it seems, was Very &#8211; which normally limits console purchases to one per address. It seems likely the scalping group was able to find a way around this restriction: but unfortunately for the scalpers, the company has now cancelled all the orders. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-01-scalpers-claimed-theyd-secured-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-01-scalpers-claimed-theyd-secured-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the launch of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S, stories of scalping groups and extraordinary third-party prices have hit the headlines &#8211; and it&#8217;s often felt like little has been done to prevent the practice. But today&#8217;s scalping story ends somewhat differently, as a group that boasted about securing 1000 Xbox Series X orders has found them all cancelled. The scalping group &#8211; the same one that claimed to have ordered 2500 PS5s at launch &#8211; yesterday posted on social media it had secured &#8220;over 1000+&#8221; Xbox Series X consoles from a &#8220;very well known online retailer&#8221;. The scalping group charges a \u00a329.99 monthly subscription (or lifetime membership of \u00a3399.99) for its members to get information on how to carry out scalping&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A scalper group claimed to secure 1000 Xbox Series X orders - then the retailer cancelled them | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since the launch of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S, stories of scalping groups and extraordinary third-party prices have hit the headlines -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A scalper group claimed to secure 1000 Xbox Series X orders - then the retailer cancelled them | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the launch of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S, stories of scalping groups and extraordinary third-party prices have hit the headlines -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-15T14:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-scalper-group-claimed-to-secure-1000-xbox-series-x-orders-then-the-retailer-cancelled-them\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"A scalper group claimed to secure 1000 Xbox Series X orders &#8211; 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