monica_b1998 to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 10 hours agoSteam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Consolewww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
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minus-squaremrfrikilinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-26 hours agoProbably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
minus-squareSailorFuzzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·9 hours 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_morelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours 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-up5·6 hours agoAnd stop it how exactly?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours 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-up1·2 hours agoThere’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
minus-squareFlordaManlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours 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.