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This current fall season has been flooded by releases of new gaming products.
Back in September, two entries in Nvidia's RTX 30 Series were released: RTX 3080 and RTX 3090; and in October, a third entry in the RTX 30 Series was released: RTX 3070.
In the current month, November, two entries in AMD's competing RX 6000 Series have been released: RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT.
Three consoles have been released this month as well: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
Furthermore, there are more products coming: RX 6900 XT and RTX 3060Ti, and who knows what else.
So, one would think that gamers would be happy now that they can acquire new tech to improve their gaming experiences or engage in new ones. However, that has not been the case due to the pandemic and subsequent supply shortages, which has been exacerbated by scalping.
All of the aforementioned products have been very, very difficult for actual gamers to purchase because scalpers have bought bulks of them and have been selling them on eBay and other similar sites at twice their Market Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) or more!
So, I ask the following: Do you think that scalping should be illegal?
What prompted my creation of this thread is a video that has recently been published by Review Tech USA, which is below. In it, Richard reports about a scalper group that has acquired 3500 units of the PlayStation 5, which is more stock than some retailers have had. He states flat out that scalping should be illegal.
Back in September, two entries in Nvidia's RTX 30 Series were released: RTX 3080 and RTX 3090; and in October, a third entry in the RTX 30 Series was released: RTX 3070.
In the current month, November, two entries in AMD's competing RX 6000 Series have been released: RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT.
Three consoles have been released this month as well: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
Furthermore, there are more products coming: RX 6900 XT and RTX 3060Ti, and who knows what else.
So, one would think that gamers would be happy now that they can acquire new tech to improve their gaming experiences or engage in new ones. However, that has not been the case due to the pandemic and subsequent supply shortages, which has been exacerbated by scalping.
All of the aforementioned products have been very, very difficult for actual gamers to purchase because scalpers have bought bulks of them and have been selling them on eBay and other similar sites at twice their Market Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) or more!
So, I ask the following: Do you think that scalping should be illegal?
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What prompted my creation of this thread is a video that has recently been published by Review Tech USA, which is below. In it, Richard reports about a scalper group that has acquired 3500 units of the PlayStation 5, which is more stock than some retailers have had. He states flat out that scalping should be illegal.
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