Scalper Problem?

[timothmurph85]

when are you guys ever gonna do something about your blatant enabling of scalpers profiting off of your platform? do lawmakers have to get involved?

I understand msrp of digital products being slightly higher due to shortages but +150% over msrp?!

that’s unbelievable and throughout all of the beginning of the pandemic till now, guess who’s been the mecca of scalpers?

when playstations and xbox got scalped guess where they were sold?

when Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards were scalped guess where they were sold?

a 700 dollar item should by no means become 2,000 dollars.

I see no reason why buyers of scalped items and platforms they’re sold on allow scalping. 

do better ebay. atleast make it break TOS in some manner.

ebay was the same place where people were selling scalped hand sanitizer and toilet paper when people needed it most.

are your executives or wherever changes TOS just gonna act like that wasn’t a thing?

[wildpitchsports]

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@krazzykats wrote:

Cryptominers are selling off masses of used Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs

https://www.techradar.com/news/cryptominers-are-flogging-masses-of-used-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-gpus 

Most used cards have been running,  24/7. 

Then you have:

Best mining GPU 2021: The best graphics card for Bitcoin and Ethereum 

So it's really the gamers vs. the crypto miners.

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Yup I said the same thing previously.

[wildpitchsports]

They already have something apparently the FBI shut down some kid in the midwest last year with over 15,000 units of hand sanitizer looking to profit.

[downunder-61]

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@dottie1986 wrote:

I sure do remember the hand sanitizer & toilet paper. There's supposed to be some regulation about that per eBay.

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I am going to sell toilet rolls next time they are in demand - I have thought ahead and cultivated Toilet Roll Seeds 

[doc-holmes]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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@gracieallen01 wrote:

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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ETA:  People seem to love 'free enterprise' until it does something they don't like.

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Or they are asked to pay more than they want to.  (why does it sound like the OP is a bitcoin miner, or wannabe?)

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It's the same thinking that calls capitalism 'communism' because it inconveniences whatever addlepated individual is inconvenienced.

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The suggestion the government should somehow regulate the pricing and how/when/where these things are sold is pretty much the textbook definition of socialism. It's amusing how some conservatives crave socialism and don't even realize it. 

[theteamsetguy]

I have some land I was looking to plant next. Where can I find toilet roll seeds. Also, what kind of climate do they grow best in?

[monster-deals]

Just about everything I sell and have ever sold has been over the retail price.

I sold a 20 cent Amazing Fantasy #15 for $32k about 5 years ago.

Supply and demand.

[eunster1313]

@downunder-61 

(I am going to sell toilet rolls next time they are in demand - I have thought ahead and cultivated Toilet Roll Seeds)

I think you are going to need bigger seeds.

[yuzuha]

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@downunder-61 wrote:

Oh dear, did someone miss out on the latest PS5 that is essential to the quality of their life ?

If the price is too high on here - be patient and wait for the next release and buy if from the stores.

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Exactly. That's what I'm doing-- I'd like a PS5 but I'm not about to pay more than retail price for it, so I'm just waiting. It's not like it's something that I NEED.

[doc-holmes]

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@yuzuha wrote:

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@downunder-61 wrote:

Oh dear, did someone miss out on the latest PS5 that is essential to the quality of their life ?

If the price is too high on here - be patient and wait for the next release and buy if from the stores.

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Exactly. That's what I'm doing-- I'd like a PS5 but I'm not about to pay more than retail price for it, so I'm just waiting. It's not like it's something that I NEED.

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Oops...ignore this reply. I mixed people up. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@eunster1313 wrote:

@downunder-61 

(I am going to sell toilet rolls next time they are in demand - I have thought ahead and cultivated Toilet Roll Seeds)

I think you are going to need bigger seeds.

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"Big butts drives it nuts"

[bearswatching]

When you use terms like “you guys” and “your platform “ it’s apparent you think you are addressing eBay. As it is clearly stated this is the eBay Community. And the day eBay is allowed to dictate the prices sellers can charge is the absolute end  of them. Socialism does not sit well with most Americans.

[chapeau-noir]

If a company dictates prices (for instance, to maximise profit) or control supply chains (to maximize profits) on their own properties, it's capitalism. 

ETA:  Some might call it predatory capitalism, but there it is.

[d-k_treasures]

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@downunder-61 wrote:

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@dottie1986 wrote:

I sure do remember the hand sanitizer & toilet paper. There's supposed to be some regulation about that per eBay.

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I am going to sell toilet rolls next time they are in demand - I have thought ahead and cultivated Toilet Roll Seeds 

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Those look like paper towel roll seeds - TP roll seeds are smaller - like the size of a cardboard tube that would fit an AA battery.

Need to plant them deeper, as they are a tuber ...............

[buyselljack2016]

they are making the tp roll cardboards in a larger diameter to make the rolls look bigger.

[chapeau-noir]

The paper towel roll seeds are narrower and longer, and really they need to be planted vertically and deep in sandy soil or you end up with roll rot.  I've seen some tragic mishaps.