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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

PSA: don't buy any from eBay. fuck scalpers.

if you don't buy it they won't sell it. if they don't sell it, they won't buy more.

[–] Bael422@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should report them on eBay too. Force eBay to stop allowing this behavior!

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Technically, if they don't list it as a "Pre-sale" or "Pre-order", they can be reported. See here.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Scalping is legal in lots of countries.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Marrying children is legal in a lot of countries, doesn't make pedophilia any less disgusting and immoral. Fuck scalpers.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

People reselling stuff for profit is the cornerstone of capitalism.

They are wholly different situations, and it’s astonishing you went there for a rebuttal.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck capitalism even harder. Scalpers can fuck off die alongside capitalism.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That doesn’t mean you go and abuse someone’s reporting system for something that’s not against their rules or their countries sellers rules.

You just seem to be very angry about this, chill out dude.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But it is against the rules you muppet and if not, it can become against the rules if people report enough.

Edit: Am I angry about some fuckers buying up all the stock in minutes and then reselling for x3 the price? FUCK YES, I AM SEETHING ANGRY 😡.

And I guess you are one of these fuckers scalping shit, by the way you defend them. FUCK YOU CUNT!

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe in your country, it’s not against eBay’s rules.

Can you point to the site rule that you think restricts this?

Abusing someone’s report system just makes the fight harder actually…