If you have not gotten one yet, try to avoid anyone but a strict seller, avoid ebay and others, and even avoid amazon as they had issues with empty boxes showing up on peoples doors indicating either their shippers or warehouse workers were stealing them. Currently many stores will not ship them online at all instead just letting you buy them online and pick it up in person at the retailer, this was done because not only the thefts occuring between warehouses to doorsteps(and a bunch of pissed off customers they had to give refunds) but also because bots are buying them all up the second they hit online stores so they can scalp them for profit.
The problem has been so bad some are estimating that 80% of the ps5/ xbox x/s are being bought by hoarders and scalpers who just plan to sell them on ebay for 1-300% markup.
There are also numerous scams, ali baba is selling fake ps5's, there have been pictures that pop up sometimes on the internet of fake ps5 systems, that when arrived do not look like the ps5, and end up being some android fake system made in china somewhere. The few pictures I had seen of those fake consoles used the old concept art not the current design, which indicates these scammers probably had the scams planned for a while, and even had hoax consoles in production already before the current design was released to the public.
Stay safe and be cafefull, do not buy from one of these shady scalpers, do not buy from ebay scammers selling a pic or an empty box, and do not buy from a questionable source that will likely sell you a cheaply made chinese ripoff that can not actually play games. Stick with real retailers and it is preferable to order it online to pick up in store so you atleast know what you get when you get it.
