Should console scalping be illegal?

[Chrkeller]

Absolutely should not be illegal. I don't blame scalpers, I blame people willing to pay 200%+ MSRP, given they are creating a market in which scalpers are responding too. Nobody needs a console day 1 nor in the first few months. If people would wait and stop feeding scalpers, the problem would go away.  The whole scalping issue is a two way street, with many folks here focusing only on one of the streets.  

"Again, they already do this and for good reason: it's illegal to scalp tickets (baseball, concert, whatever) and it doesn't rob you of nearly as much money as these console scalpers currently are."

You keep mentioning this but it is apples versus oranges.  Something like Hamilton has a very finite number of shows, which isn't the case with the ps5.  There will be over a hundred million ps5 units throughout it's life.  There isn't going to be a hundred million showings of Hamilton. 

Fact is people who pay $1,000 for a ps5 are dictating market value, that is on them, not the seller.   

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 29 November 2020