Woman's Sister Is Mad at Her for Selling a 'Rare Gaming Console' Because She Wanted It
- - Woman's Sister Is Mad at Her for Selling a 'Rare Gaming Console' Because She Wanted It
Charlotte PhillippJanuary 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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A woman is questioning whether she was wrong to sell off a rare gaming console after her sister expressed some interest in wanting to buy it
"Occasionally, when she was reminded of me having it, she would casually say, 'I might want it' or 'I like it. It looks good, you could sell me it instead,' " the woman wrote on Reddit
The woman shared that she finally posted the console for sale online, and within days, there was an offer made
A woman is questioning whether she was wrong to sell off a rare gaming console after her sister expressed some interest in wanting to buy it.
In a post shared on Reddit's "Am I the A------?" forum, the woman opened up about buying the console online "after finding it for a good price and using a coupon."
"It’s something I’ve wanted for years, so I finally hopped on it," she explained in the lengthy post. "I then ended up finding it in like-new condition elsewhere for around the same price. So I ended up with two of them."
According to the Redditor, her sister knew she had two consoles — and was aware of her plans to sell one of them.
"Occasionally, when she was reminded of me having it, she would casually say, 'I might want it' or 'I like it. It looks good, you could sell me it instead' and I would tell her, 'If you’re willing to buy it from me it can be yours,' " she explained. "But it never went further than that."
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Although she delayed selling the second gaming console for a few months, the woman shared that she finally posted it online, and within days, there was an offer made.
"I even told [my sister] that I did this that day, and that I expected it to sell quickly due to its rarity. Still, she didn’t show much emotion about this, except a casual joke for me to take it down and give it to her instead. She jokes a lot with me though," she wrote.
"Two days go by, and I check the listing and see it’s getting more and more likes and again I tell her this. Still not much response," she continued. "Finally last night I tell her I got an offer."
After the woman's sister learned about the offer, she asked to look at the console one more time before the final sale went through.
"Then we talk more about the game and I show her it, she looks at it and turns it on. Finds my listing online and likes it and begins talking to me about maybe buying it in real life and not the listing to avoid fees. As we are talking, the guy from earlier buys it for what I asked for," she revealed.
"Suddenly she feels remorse, saying that all this time she wanted it from me but wasn’t sure if I was going to really sell it or not," the woman continued in her post. "When I told her that I mentioned my listing online all week, she said that she didn’t think it would really sell so quickly and thought she could still have a shot if she got her money together. Now she wants me to cancel the sale with the guy because it is 'something she would do for me.' "
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"I told her that it’s not fair to the buyer, and that I should honor the sale," the woman explained. "And that she honestly showed so much interest too late."
"I will also mention, that night when we were talking she was saying she could give me part of the money this week and part of it in two weeks," she wrote in an update on her post. "So she was making a plan to possibly buy before the guy scooped it up."
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According to the post, the two women have now come to an impasse, as the sister "feels like I’m doing her dirty, and that I should have known that she had some interest in it from the beginning."
"I’m very conflicted and a bit confused, as I want to honor the sale, as bad as the timing might have been, but I don’t want her to be mad at me for shipping it out today," the Redditor wrote.
In an additional update, the woman revealed that she finally sent out the package with the console inside — "but part of me still feels really bad."
"I know she won’t be happy with me, and she was already telling me how she needs to stop being so nice to everyone because she keeps being done wrong, etc.," the post concluded. "I want to honor the sale, but I’d hate for this to strain our relationship too."
The Reddit community was quick to take the poster's side, arguing that her sister seemingly wanted her to give her the console for free.
"You're [not the a------]," one person wrote. "Your sister will never buy it from you: she's hoping you'll just give in and give it to her for free."
"It would also be pretty crap to not sell it to the guy who accepted your price. Your sister has had months to make you an offer and/or give you the money," they added.
"She made you wait for months and was never clear on whether she actually wanted to buy it. Was she just waiting for you to lower the price or give it for free?" another commenter chimed in. "She had her chance and didn't take it. Online buyer bought it fair and square for the price you wanted. Maybe your sister will learn from this."
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