Yeah, but if you're at that point, you have bigger problems that supply issues.I wouldn't want to either. Only in situations where people's lives become collateral damage is when problems would arise.
This is the correct answerIllegal, no, but stores should do more to prevent this from happening.
What prompted my creation of this thread is a video that has recently been published by Review Tech USA, which is below. In it, Richard reports about a scalper group that has acquired 3500 units of the PlayStation 5, which is more stock than some retailers have had. He states flat out that scalping should be illegal.
I don't know why people get hung up over this "group". It is just a Discord channel with thousands of members.What prompted my creation of this thread is a video that has recently been published by Review Tech USA, which is below. In it, Richard reports about a scalper group that has acquired 3500 units of the PlayStation 5, which is more stock than some retailers have had. He states flat out that scalping should be illegal.
Which is why the thing people say about scalping stops real people getting items is bullshit.Now imagine if we, as a society, decided to just ignore those people and not buy from them.
They'd be sitting there with 3500 PS5 consoles that they can't sell. Isn't that like 1.75 million bucks worth of stock just sitting there? Eventually the scalpers would be forced to sell at retail price. Or might even be forced to sell at a loss if the public decides that a product from a scalper with no refund or return policy is actually worth less than retail.
As long as idiots are willing to buy these non refundable launch PS consoles at 1000 bucks then there's clearly a market for it.
I guess some areProblem is.. how do you prove it?
These guys are not idiots
This thread is about buying a product for the sole purpose of selling it for profit. That should be illegal, especially for the first quarter or two after a product is released.
By that logic all retail should now be illegal?
Walmart, Amazon, Target, your Mom and Pop stores... All groups that buy stuff from a 3rd party manufacturer and resell it at a higher price then they bought it.
If Walmart can buy it from Sony, increase the price for a profit, why cant Joe Schomo by it from Walmart and do the exact same? Why is Walmart allowed to profit off a sale but YOU can not? Lets not give mega corporations more power.
It's a legitimate but scummy part of the market economy.
There are no "legitimate" scalpers. A legitimate business is one that has a license, offers consumer protections, and pays taxes.
It's a luxury item. So affordability is a non-factor.Yes, but they're screwing over the people who want the products but cannot afford to buy them above MSRP.
Sure; depending on where you are, the requirements are different.I don't know what the rules are in the states, I'm in the UK.
Here it would depend on whether you'd be identified as carrying out a trade. That's a bit subjective but roughly boils down to an intention to make a profit.
If they're determined to be trading then they're subject to income tax.
That's it. You wouldn't (and imo shouldn't) be subject to BS regulations like licensure and mandatory warranty provision etc.
Maybe not completely illegal, but at least they should pay taxes on top of it
Sure; depending on where you are, the requirements are different.
I was listing examples of things that make a business "legitimate" depending on where you live; scalpers do not fit that definition in 1st world countries.
Illegal, no, but stores should do more to prevent this from happening.
They do here as long as they pay tax on their profits. But that goes for all businesses.
Essentially they're doing nothing 'wrong' in the eyes of the law. It's just scummy.
But lots of commerce is scummy.
Nah, making money off of idiots is how great civilizations are built.