Whats up with VR goggles?

[Lusekofte]

I bought my Rift S used for half price. 
Now I see opportunistic a**oles selling it used for double of new prize here in Norway. And Index for twice that. 
Is it a long time shortage going on? 

 

[dburne]

2 hours ago, 216th_LuseKofte said:

I bought my Rift S used for half price. 
Now I see opportunistic a**oles selling it used for double of new prize here in Norway. And Index for twice that. 
Is it a long time shortage going on? 

 

 

Combination of demand and shortages on supply (Covid 19 did not help).

[BP_Lizard]

Lockdowns severely cut the production of parts and the merchandise itself. Global effect on logistics. The list goes on and on. 

[Vortice]

Saw this coming two months ago and got myself an HP Reverb before the full impact arrived. Memories of the difficulties in obtaining graphics cards for a reasonable price during the bitcoin mania of two years ago informed my decision.

 

I did have a Rift S already, but craved higher resolution, so I sold it on to another forum member for 80% of the MRSP with only 2 weeks of use of it. Could possibly have made more money by putting it on ebay, but I'm happy with my decision and I'm glad somebody else got one for a reasonable price.

 

The Reverb is very good BTW and I'm enjoying it greatly. Hope the situation improves for all those hoping to get into VR this year, but you may have to wait a while for the supply/price situation to improve.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Vortice

[Charlo-VRde]

5 hours ago, Vortice said:

Saw this coming two months ago and got myself an HP Reverb before the full impact arrived. Memories of the difficulties in obtaining graphics cards for a reasonable price during the bitcoin mania of two years ago informed my decision.

Ditto for me and an Oculus Quest, my first HMD. I purchased new off Craigslist for about $40 more than I would have spent buying from a store including tax - but that was fine since this was during the first COVID-19 days here in Los Angeles and my wife rightly forbade me from going to Walmart, the exclusive physical vendor.
 

Very happy with the Quest, looking forward to higher resolution in a future HMD that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg in a few years.