@JeanPaul come off it buddy. He’s not a criminal. He’s not broken any laws. It may be morally questionable to many, but people are willing to pay scalper prices online. For as long as that carries on, it will carry on being an issue.
@tntswitchfan68 it’s not really screwing over consumers though, is it? Like it or not, for scalping to work, there has to be a buyer in the transaction too. Meaning people are willing to pay over the odds.
As a counter argument, what if all copies of a limited edition product went to genuine fans (i.e no resale market), and you missed out on the sale despite wanting the product yourself?
If the ‘real’ fans wanted to hold on to the product, then you’d be fresh out of luck. Like it or not, scalpers often offer a chance to buyers who miss out on products first time round.
Personally, I have a bigger issue with companies blindly dropping pre orders for hotly anticipated items. If they forewarned people to ‘log in a 4pm to pre order this special edition game’, then maybe so many genuine fans wouldn’t miss out.
@nessisonett a mix of two things possibly - started off with X amount of cash and reinvested his profits, or (more likely), he pre ordered items thus meaning he didn’t have to pay upfront and could still reap the benefit of selling the items.
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Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More
@JeanPaul come off it buddy. He’s not a criminal. He’s not broken any laws. It may be morally questionable to many, but people are willing to pay scalper prices online. For as long as that carries on, it will carry on being an issue.
Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More
@tntswitchfan68 it’s not really screwing over consumers though, is it? Like it or not, for scalping to work, there has to be a buyer in the transaction too. Meaning people are willing to pay over the odds.
As a counter argument, what if all copies of a limited edition product went to genuine fans (i.e no resale market), and you missed out on the sale despite wanting the product yourself?
If the ‘real’ fans wanted to hold on to the product, then you’d be fresh out of luck. Like it or not, scalpers often offer a chance to buyers who miss out on products first time round.
Personally, I have a bigger issue with companies blindly dropping pre orders for hotly anticipated items. If they forewarned people to ‘log in a 4pm to pre order this special edition game’, then maybe so many genuine fans wouldn’t miss out.
Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More
@nessisonett a mix of two things possibly - started off with X amount of cash and reinvested his profits, or (more likely), he pre ordered items thus meaning he didn’t have to pay upfront and could still reap the benefit of selling the items.
Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More
@mercilessrobot nothing odd about it - he’s making just under 10% profit on each sale. That’s all.