Should console scalping be illegal?

[Shiken]

jlauro said:

Shiken said:

Just like scalping baseball tickets, yes it should be illegal. If it is a legit used device, you can mark it up to whatever you want. But buying up all the new stock just to turn around and sell them for 2 or 3 times market value should be punishable by law Retailers cannot mark them up like that, why should this scum be able to?

If people are willing to pay it, then that is the market value.  You are confusing MSRP with market value.  Market value is dependent on supply and demand and right now supply is low and demand is high, so market value is significantly greater than MSRP.

The only type of person that could ever condone scalping, must be a scalper themselves.  No on in their right mind would condone such a vile PoS practice.  It should be illegal, regardless of the definition of market value.  If the definition needs to change, then maybe it needs to change.

If people are willing to pay the mark ups, they have problems themselves and need to take a close look at their priorities.

Sorry, not sorry.  I have no sympathy for anyone that practices scalping.