> "Scalpers perform a social service"
Good luck finding anyone willing to recognize this absurd point.
> "the problem is low competition"
Tell that to the GPU market.
Good luck finding anyone willing to recognize this absurd point.
> "the problem is low competition"
Tell that to the GPU market.
Do you mean that you think it's absurd but you don't disagree that scalpers perform a social service?
Indeed, most people are pathologically incapable of performing utilitarian reasoning and have a very hard time with this point. Very unfortunate, because that's what informs most economic policy.
Such grubby people.
In basically all my hobbies, scalping has become the norm now. Computers, Japanese cars, tabletop games, hell even kids toys. It does feel like there's been a massive increase in the number of people with enough capital to see a trend and basically buy the market out with the intention of making a profit.
Scalpers at least ensure you can get it of you really need it (that is willing to pay a lot).