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I mean the traditional manufacturer->wholesaler->retailer link is now evolving to include the scalper at the end of it. They need to mark up the prices to earn a tidy profit from their work. People should be grateful they have the opportunity to buy from them. It's not different than going to a retailer over a wholesaler.
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Yes. But people cry because they gotta play their vidya games at launch.
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Depends, sometimes scalpers can make an artificial demand and that is wrong to do. (I/e I go to FL, buy all the water, and sell it 100 dollars per bottle because I am the only supply now)
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Squidkids posted...
Depends, sometimes scalpers can make an artificial demand and that is wrong to do. (I/e I go to FL, buy all the water, and sell it 100 dollars per bottle because I am the only supply now) How's this different than any other business? |
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Jayjar100 posted...
quote of post 5 Must be nice to be unemployed and sit around all day dreaming up these dumb gimmicks |
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Depends on how they got their hands on the product in the first place. Pisses me off with stuff like concert tickets, where resellers have the opportunity to buy before the general public. I want to resell at ticket and round up to the nearest dollar from face value? I'm a dirty scalper that they go after. Another place gets to sell it at five times face value, and hey, that's cool, he's a business.
The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes. That's fact.
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REMercsChamp posted...
Jayjar100 posted...quote of post 5 Am I missing something? Why are they posting that?
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ChainedRedone posted...
REMercsChamp posted...Jayjar100 posted...quote of post 5 This is all they have in their lives. They've likely been PMing each other all day conjuring up this gimmick. |
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at least you acknowledged me, oh great one.
it isn't like this topic is already going on elsewhere and no one gives a s*** so we decided to f*** around in your topic's messages out of our own volition |
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MrResetti posted...
at least you acknowledged me, oh great one. This is actually one of the first times I've ever seen TC triggered by something so good job guys. His gimmick about unemployment is dumb as f*** and I don't see why anyone treats him seriously |
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REMercsChamp posted...
ChainedRedone posted...REMercsChamp posted...Jayjar100 posted...quote of post 5 You literally said you mow lawns for a living you have no room to talk, sit down, lol |
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Drrobotniks posted...
You literally said you mow lawns for a living What's wrong with that? |
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Axiom posted...
MrResetti posted...at least you acknowledged me, oh great one. Thanks
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Scalping is known formally on economics as the black market and is only possible when the supplier is too incompetent to either increase quantity supplied or adjust the sale price.
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Or when there's a price ceiling.
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Scalpers are a natural result of a mismatch between supply and demand. Supply and demand are curves. Their intersection is supposed to define price and quantity, and this happens naturally unless someone is being a dumbass. Like Nintendo, for example. |
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The Admiral posted...
Scalpers are a natural result of a mismatch between supply and demand. And how do you guys explain 5% of the market buying hundreds, or even thousands of Nintendo units then selling them for 500% above market value? |
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