I agree with that 100%! Scalping is no good, but if we’re talking about a product you have owned for a while but are in need of some extra cash, then do with it as you please.

No matter what GameStop can not be allowed to get away with scalping. I find it odd that people aren't calling them out. Seems like the most anti consumer move ever.

I also feel that GS help destroy the physical game industry because while they do sometimes have sales, most often I find that I am able to get a better price on a digital store.

Case and point, I was looking into Octopath Traveler and they were selling it on sale for $29.99 on Switch/PS5... while the same week i got it on PSN for $9.99. I feel like retailers like GS bare some of the blame for the mass exodus from physical.

Yeah that's the thing, this isn't some broke individual struggling to makes ends meet by reselling their PS5 Pro, this is a big corporation taking advantage of a hardware shortage to price gouge its customers.

Yes, actually. The PS5 Pro is now so expensive to produce that Sony is limiting it's shipments to the bare minimum, resulting in situations like these.

The people who got a PS5 Pro when it came out are gonna be the console equivalent of those who managed to get a 4090 at MSRP when that launched. Both got criticized for their initial prices but long term the launch prices of them are gonna be amazing value.

The value of both is still terrible though unless you're a power user or planning to take advantage of the higher price (i.e. planning to sell). I just don't think paying a ridiculous amount instead of an even more ridiculous amount is great.

I'd say the initial price of the PS5 Pro was actually fine aside from the disc drive and stand being sold separately. In general I'm not saying they had good value at launch, just that those who bought them at MSRP back then made good purchases long term considering how much that level of hardware is gonna cost heading into next year. I feel that way about the 64GB of RAM I bought in Spring last year.

Its not really scalping if they acquired it through a standard trade in, is it? The ethical concern is when somebody is purchasing items in bulk to create scarcity in order to sell it for an inflated price. 

As a retailer they do purchase in bulk, and are taking advantage of shortages to price gouge.

Hard to imagine they are getting ps5 pros in bulk. Lol. If that is what they are deciding to sell them for, i really cant blame them. I just checked ebay actually, and theyre selling these used consoles for a similar price. Its crazy that theyre that expensive, but i couldnt say gamestop is doing something bad by selling them for this price. Be mad about it, whatever. But this isnt scalping.