Scalpers benefit from Oculus Rift hype — eBay auctions over $1,000

You can’t time travel to a future when Oculus has already delivered your headset, but you have some other options available — if your bank account is healthy.

The consumer version of the Rift that started arriving yesterday to people who backed the original crowdfunding campaign is going for more than $1,100 in multiple eBay auctions. As of the time of this writing, one auction is at $1,175 after 11 bids with three hours left before it comes to an end. Another one, which wraps up in eight hours, is already at $1,385. Analysts from firms like SuperData Research and tech adviser Digi-Capital predict VR could $30 billion to $40 billion by 2020, and it looks like eBay will get a small cut of that money early on.