Good on you for helping your friends. Two of my best friends who claim to want a PS5 are completely full of shit. Tried to help them secure pre-orders back in August and one was too "busy eating" to be bothered. You just have to go click a couple of buttons but ok, I don't want to hear about it later then. Also offered each of them a system in the last month when I had one in-hand and they each politely declined. They didn't want to spend the money. "I'm going to be pretty busy at work the next few weeks so I won't have time, thanks buddy". But they LOVE to repeatedly talk about how hard it is to find one, and bitch about the lack of availability like they are a part of it somehow.
People are clowns. They need to be be able to purchase it with their Super Member's credit card where they get 3x bonus points on dog food, during a night when there's a full moon, and they're feeling in the mood. But oh they want one badly!