Earlier this year, Razer unveiled the Razer Nabu which was the company’s first attempt at creating wearable devices. Now the device itself has yet to be released to the masses, but there has been a lot of interest in it, so much so that scammers have taken to eBay to try and con unsuspecting users into placing bids on the device, despite it not available.
This was revealed by Razer’s CEO Min-Liang Tan who posted the warning on his Facebook page. It seems that many of these scammers are taking advantage of the demand to price it way above its value. According to Tan, “We have NOT shipped any Nabus to third parties at this time and that we strongly advise against purchasing at any unauthorized third party resellers.”
He also speaks up regarding the price of the device, which as you can see in the eBay listing has gone up to over $400. “Further – the retail price at the start will be under US$100 – and although you will definitely find scalpers that will resell the launch units for much higher prices (as with any Razer product that we launch) – we highly discourage you from purchasing from them.”
The launch unit of the Razer Nabu will only be available to Razer Insider members for now before orders open up to the public, so if you see listings on eBay, Craigslist, and so on, chances are it could be fake or it could be priced way above Razer’s intentions, so this is something you’d definitely want to stay away from!
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