Death to Scalpers! Long Live the Scalpers!

[SanAndreasX]

yvanjean said:
First of all, scalping is actually an illegal activity and the real problem is people buying and support this illegal activity. It continues to baffle me that these scalpers are actually able to find people to buy their products at an inflated price. I got two Xbox Series X pre-order since I was afraid my pre-order wasn't going to be valid or one of them would get delayed shipping. I will either sell my second consoles at the cost I paid to a friend or family member. If not I will return the second consoles to the store whenever it arrives.

In the United States, scalping is illegal to varying degrees only in 15 states, I don't know if consoles are covered by the laws that do exist (most of the scalping laws revolve around ticket sales, which are for one-time events rather than a product that will last for an indefinite amount of time), and law enforcement isn't going to waste valuable time or resources on hunting down someone selling a $1000 PS5 or XSX. But yeah, if people would be patient there will be plenty of consoles, and scalpers would be discouraged. But they aren't patient, and scalpers aren't discouraged.