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by msie 45 days ago
Ugh, I hate scalpers!
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I do not have negative feelings against resellers of luxury products. That is just supply and demand at work.
No, it’s not. One thing is to resell an item after you’ve used/enjoyed it and then maybe its value has increased. Much different is to buy an item to sell immediately and making a quick profit.
Buying something specifically to resell at a profit is called commerce. Walmart does it every day.
Japan loves the limited edition stuff. Was very sad when I wasn't able to get the Bocchi guitar because Yamaha decided to only make a few hundred of them, even though they could easily sell 10x as many.