@heckofagame wrote:
The other sellers are not having a fit in these forums. When they do, I will ask.
Bottom line is a whole lot of good folks and good sellers getting or may get caught up in the third party reseller .vs. various powers that be escalations. Yet the finger pointing seems always be towards eBay who is simply providing a venue and trying keep it safe and alive whilst some folks on all sides of the schtick are causal knowingly or not at times for said escalations.
Aka: Sony and Best Buy are ghastly greedy corporate monsters wanting retailers and consumers pleased with they're new console gaming system at an price of $399. Whereby Sony does what manufacturers do and Best Buy serves the public like retailers do. The fact that when that system releases I snarf every one up I can possibly find and charge $1000 for it because everyone wants one for their family doesn't make me greedy. Uh uh. The fact that Best Buy and Sony customers are upset having to pay me $1000 is just supply and demand right? I supply and I demand.
The fact I'm buying those system's from Best Buy and Game Stop and selling for $1000 via Mamazon who can't keep them in stock due to demand at $399... Well, that has ABSOLUTELY nothing do to with me and the other 1400 resellers taking from those resellers and tipping the buyers to Mamazon. However, had Mamazon sent its employees over the Best Buy and Game Stop to buy up every system that comes in to resell at Amazon State Attorney Generals would be like glue on Amazon enforcing predatory business conduct law. The fact that Amazon's commission at 15% of that $1000 of $150 per system is more than Amazon via its own $399 sales make on four systems is completely immaterial to my universe. And well, my universe is my universe even if it happen to profiteer and gouge inside their universes.
Ain't I awesome?!?!?!
the More-ALE(!) of the story is sellers either create an adversarial environment with those who actually are licensed and make for economies and jobs to live or they sell responsibly realizing what they do can be adverse to others. Every good seller howl about counterfeits being ever so bad (which they are!) and how that impacts consumers spending, the trust. Yell how buyers take advantage of sellers trust. But when it come to irresponsible conducts that advance their wallet, well... Is it dinner time yet?
