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The chips would have been sold in any case!

They're taking advantage of some fluxuations to make money for themselves. That isn't helpful for the producer nor for the purchaser of the goods.

This isn't people setting up futures for 555 timers. This is people scooping up PS5s and immediately selling them for an extra $200.

Of course it's nobody's god-given right to own a PS5 but there's not value being produced here.