The Etchics of Scalping

[Sonny Bonds]

I think nvidia could’ve done something to help minimize the scalping situation. The fact that they stopped selling the GPUs on their own website is stupid.

The video cards aren’t worth what the scalpers are charging, so I can just wait.

The next gen consoles always sell out at launch. Wasn’t the Wii hard to find for like 6 months after it came out?

 

[winb83]

Difference between a console and a necessity like Lysol during a pandemic is obviously that a console is a luxury, and Lysol is a necessity.

When people push up prices on those type of items, ethics need to be put on the table.

The laws of a marketplace are what they are: demand goes up, pricing goes up. No doubt about that. I do think that for both the original supplier or the scalper to do that with products during a pandemic where it could mean healthy vs ill - I do not believe that is ethically acceptable.

Then all Lysol sells out at the standard retail price and it is completely unavailable until supply catches up. That’s worse than it being available at higher prices because at least it’s available.

 

[ALonelyDad]

how do yall feel about people doing this with products people really need? there's been a lot of that going on during the pandemic. muthafukkas selling cans of Lysol for $100 and shyt

That is more unethical, I do resell from time to time (shoes, etc) but would never try to make money off such things

 

[Typical Knicks Fan]

Basic supply and demand. You can wait for the supply to outweigh the demand. Which is usually by the spring where you can walk into a store and find one.

 

[daze23]

Then all Lysol sells out at the standard retail price and it is completely unavailable until supply catches up. That’s worse than it being available at higher prices because at least it’s available.

the resellers don't increase the supply

 

[Pure Water]

the resellers don't increase the supply

I think dude is confused.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

I scalped the NES and SNES mini I had no intention to play on them

 

[Mowgli]

When Christmas comes around and there's not one PS5 in town and your only choice is a fukking clown you will respect the scalper. You will thank him for making your dreams come true. and if you show up at the drop spot trying to berate with comments asking if cats is proud of themself? you aren't getting shyt. keep your money because you clearly broke the next seller in line wanted to pay More Anyway

 

[winb83]

the resellers don't increase the supply

Think about it. If there's a rush on Lysol and it all sells out and everybody that bought it kept it for themselves then Lysol would be unavailable until the supply rectified that. If scalpers sell it then even if it's in a shortage it can still be purchased if you're willing to pay what the market says is acceptable.

Scalpers correct an imbalance in the market. They make sure goods are still available to the people willing to pay what the market deems fair value for a good that's in a shortage.

What you're suggesting is absurd. That something in short supply deliberately priced too low given the supply shouldn't have the market correct that situation. That stuff should sell out and be completely unavailable to everyone. Basically that supply and demand shouldn't have any effect on the value of something.

 

[360dagod]

Get it how you live

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

If I get extra PS5s, I'm selling

 

[spliz]

how do yall feel about people doing this with products people really need? there's been a lot of that going on during the pandemic. muthafukkas selling cans of Lysol for $100 and shyt

It’s fukkin wrong period. Alotta kids Christmas gonna be fukked up this year imma say that much. It’s one thing to have to compete with humans. But the bot shyt ain’t even fair. shyt is gone before nikkas have a chance to cop.

Edit: and for the people saying “hey I sold some shyt for higher price than I bought it. “ That’s a little different than someone getting bots to literally grab up 100s of an item JUST to resell. Which basically pushes the release date of the item back because there no way for the average person to get the item at retail because it’s sold out.

 

[humminbird]

Think about it. If there's a rush on Lysol and it all sells out and everybody that bought it kept it for themselves then Lysol would be unavailable until the supply rectified that. If scalpers sell it then even if it's in a shortage it can still be purchased if you're willing to pay what the market says is acceptable.

Scalpers correct an imbalance in the market. They make sure goods are still available to the people willing to pay what the market deems fair value for a good that's in a shortage.

What you're suggesting is absurd. That something in short supply deliberately priced too low given the supply shouldn't have the market correct that situation. That stuff should sell out and be completely unavailable to everyone. Basically that supply and demand shouldn't have any effect on the value of something.

I see what you’re saying but in that case they were buying hordes of Lysol and hand sanitizer creating the demand

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Scalpers suck, I liked the way Sony did the ps5 invite email.!I was able to get my order in no problem.

Sony can suck my dikk. For something that they have control over, people that have invested time and money into their ecosystem should have gotten first crack. I got PS3/PS4/Vita, all day one, I own PSVR and over 70 games on PS4 and they know who I am since I haven't changed my email/password since I first signed up in 2006. I had to go through Amazon.

As far as this topic. I see the pros/cons, I just don't care enough to do it myself.

 

[daze23]

Think about it. If there's a rush on Lysol and it all sells out and everybody that bought it kept it for themselves then Lysol would be unavailable until the supply rectified that. If scalpers sell it then even if it's in a shortage it can still be purchased if you're willing to pay what the market says is acceptable.

Scalpers correct an imbalance in the market. They make sure goods are still available to the people willing to pay what the market deems fair value for a good that's in a shortage.

What you're suggesting is absurd. That something in short supply deliberately priced too low given the supply shouldn't have the market correct that situation. That stuff should sell out and be completely unavailable to everyone. Basically that supply and demand shouldn't have any effect on the value of something.

you simply put a limit on purchases at the retail level. if people can only buy 1-2 then more people will be able to get their hands on the product. scalpers increase the shortage when they come through and buy everything

I guess I should point out the price gouging is illegal for retail, and that's pretty much exactly what scalpers do

we all understand the reasons how and why this shyt happens, but the question in the OP was about if it's ethical