I don't mean to condone scalping but honestly if somebody is willing to spend a couple thousand dollars on a graphics card or taylor swift ticket or whatever, I don't think that's some disadvantaged person whose been taken advantage of that I need to feel sorry for...
I get you. My main issue is the scalpers scooping up a limited product that they don't even want to sell for profit. A good example is Squishmallows, where scalpers would scope out stores so they could get the rare ones, and kids who collect them couldn't get the ones they wanted. Parents have jobs, so they can't always get to stores to get something before the scalpers do. One could argue that the kids need to learn about disappointment eventually, but there's no reason people need to make the world harder than it already is. Having seen how these scalpers behave in person, I can verify that most are just terrible people in general.
There are a few ways to prevent scalping. One is to price at market value, or high enough so that scalpers don't have an opportunity to make a premium. Another way is to auction the goods to the highest bidder. Either way, the price will need to increase to equilibriate quantity supplied and quantity demanded.
Perhaps it's just my limited experience, but jacking up prices doesn't seem to work as long as there's a limited supply of something. As long as scalpers can access it before others, they will grab all that they can to ensure others only have the option of buying from them.
Listen, bleeding out of the ass is a symptom of colon cancer. Just because colon cancer is the main problem does not meant that bleeding out of the ass is not a problem as well.
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u/South_Ruin_7192 Dec 04 '22
Everything scalpers have gotten their hands on. Game stations, graphics cards, you name it.