monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agoSteam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Consolewww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down16
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minus-squaremrfriki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-26 days agoProbably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoYea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity. It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·6 days agoIt’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoAnd stop it how exactly?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoCompany policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoThere’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
minus-squareFlordaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoIt’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.
Probably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
Yea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity.
It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
It’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
And stop it how exactly?
Company policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
There’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
It’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.