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    10 hours ago

    It is called credit.

    Game Stop will work with a bank or any number of lenders to put together the deal. After the deal is done, eBay will pay off the “lenders”.

    99.9999% of everyone who buys a house bids on the house with less money than they have.

    Same with most luxury items such as cars and boats.

    Businesses do this with necessities such as Trucks and building equipment. A buddy of mine owns a concrete business and he just bought a backhoe loader with a bunch of different attachments that cost 175K USD, he is very successful but he didn’t pay for that with cash.