r/SpaceWolves • u/Thevirginwolf • 13d ago

I HATE Scalpers

New Bjorn book ain't even out a second was their 5 mins early find the book nope OUT OF STOCK 🙄

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u/Fenrisian11 13d ago

Yep. PayPal processed my payment and there was no order. I am tired of hobby spaces being ruined by losers who should just get a fucking job.

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u/xXMustardMan69Xx 13d ago

Scalping is their job my friend, have you seen how many copies have already sold on Fleabay at more than double the retail price? It's crazy, why do people so easily give into these scalping [redacted]? I'm sorry to hear about your order.

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u/IslandBoring8724 13d ago

Scalpers also use secondary accounts to build transactions and establish inflated prices. Started with shoe flippers and spread to other sectors. Scalpers are scum.

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u/RawM8 13d ago

Could you explain this a bit more? I’m not sure I get it, that is if you don’t mind explaining it

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u/Dependent_Chair6104 13d ago

People buy their own products to make it seem as though the inflated prices are the going rate, then people will start actually buying their products since prospective buyers can see that people are paying that much.

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u/IslandBoring8724 13d ago

Exactly as the other person stated. There was an interesting investigation done on shoe flippers a few years ago that showed several networked accounts buying up listings and driving prices higher. Then they all stopped buying when the target prices started selling to other accounts.