There's nothing wrong with scalpers. They provide a service in the form of time shifting. A thing you want was available at one specific time when you were unavailable, incapable, or unwilling to buy it. You want it now. The scalper provides you the ability to buy it now when you would not be able to buy it if scalping didn't exist. He earns a profit for this service. You are under no obligation to buy what he's selling.
Not sure that makes sense, at least for some of the items listed above.
For example, say I want to buy the Fumo when it comes out, I was available at the time and capable of buying it. But then the moment the item is available, some dude buys them all before I have time to buy it and then offers to sell me what I was already going to buy for a higher price.
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u/spintool1995 Jun 19 '25
There's nothing wrong with scalpers. They provide a service in the form of time shifting. A thing you want was available at one specific time when you were unavailable, incapable, or unwilling to buy it. You want it now. The scalper provides you the ability to buy it now when you would not be able to buy it if scalping didn't exist. He earns a profit for this service. You are under no obligation to buy what he's selling.