[whyagaindavid]

Dont you thing of these people who "participate in an organized ring" had a real business - that was scammed they would remain quiet? Take for example PPI insurance scam in UK.

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FFS. If you're going to participate in an organized ring to deprive people of buying a scarce item so that you can flip it to your ring leader for a profit so that the ring leader can then mark it up and sell it for considerably more then you deserve what's coming to you.

This isn't just about reselling an individual phone. They knew full well what they were doing was shady.