In fact, this Samsung clerk had ultimately underestimated people's enthusiasm for virtual reality technology.
By the time fifty thousand helmets had been sold on-site, the price of an HV-1 helmet on the secondhand market had already surpassed fifty thousand. Compared with its twelve-thousand price tag, it had risen more than fourfold.
After seeing those prices, many people who had sold too early wore regretful expressions, while orders that had gone through at low prices were constantly being canceled by sellers and relisted at higher prices.
The entire secondhand platform presented a bizarre scene.
Though there were not many completed transactions, the price of the helmets jumped to a new level every minute, forcibly turning into a seller-driven market where there was a price but no supply.
At ordinary product launches and exhibitions, there would usually be a group of scalpers standing outside, asking every customer who had come eagerly but left empty-handed whether they wanted to buy scalped goods.
Here, however, the situation was completely reversed. There were scalpers outside as well, but they were not targeting customers who could not get through the queue. Instead, they targeted the customers who had already bought one inside the exhibition hall, walking out with backpacks on their shoulders and joy written all over their faces.
Whenever they saw someone like that, they swarmed over like drivers outside a train station, tirelessly asking—
"Brother, want to resell it? I'll offer twenty-four thousand! Double your money right away—miss this chance, and there won't be another!"
"Tch! You think that little money can buy it? I'll offer thirty thousand! Sell it to me!"
Of course, aside from the scalpers, there were also players who genuinely wanted to buy one.
But then again, who standing here did not?
Therefore, regardless of what price those people offered,