LogFAQs > #947823228

TomNook posted...

You can make a case that first line resellers (retailers), should put a limit on the amount that someone can buy (many do this already). It won't stop dedicated second line resellers (scalpers) from buying from many different sources, but they can't be everywhere (in terms of both physical locations and websites) at once, which will delay their lightning speed and allow others to purchase things before them. Many first line retailers are greedy though, and don't really care. You can blame them just as much.

Also keep in mind that many scalpers are just regular people, and often poor, so they might be more dedicated to camping out if it helps pay some back bills.

Most retailers DO have limits on things like this, but scalpers are writing scripts to allow them to use multiple accounts to get around that.

And nobody poor is scalping game consoles, let's be real, here. You're trying to twist it into something noble when it's not.

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