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by kazinator 1441 days ago
> The solution to scalpers is for the original seller to increase the price of the item

Maybe they are getting enough value from their customers as it is, and don't want to be dicks.

1 comments

You need a way to deal with the scarcity. Pricing is the default way to do that. If you want to avoid pricing, you need to think through what alternative you’ll use, otherwise pricing happens anyway.