To think it's cunty to buy up popular toys then flog em on eBay for several x the price??

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There are a few things my dc want for Christmas that are sold out everywhere. So I've looked online and I've seen them all on eBay (on buy it now) for loads more than they cost in the shops

I think it's grabby, vile and morally reprehensible. Cashing in on children. wtf

Mind you I also blame the manufacturers to some extent as I suspect they deliberately don't release new stock to create hype. And also the parents that are blithely handing over their money to these cunts are dipshits as well

Yes it is a bit. You can get them cheaper but it means checking all the time which is only possible if you have the time to.

Anything to do with frozen is a supply problem.. Aim your wrath at Disney.

But that supply issue would be greatly reduced if people were not intent on ripping others off would it?

By purchasing items purely with the intention to sell on the purchaser artificially affects the market forces. This is turn with mean that demand is increased and prices will increase. Probably why we have plastic castles now on sale for £120 in store

The only reason the castle is for sale at £120 is because there are idiots out there that will pay it.

That is what creates market forces.

The only reason the castle is for sale at £120 is because there are idiots out there that will pay it.

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But a number of those buying it are those who want to put it on ebay. So they are still part of the problem.

Look, we will never agree on this. I think it is greed. I think it isn't nice. I think people are deliberately trying to rip others off to feed their greed for more money. You clearly don't. There is no way I am going to be swayed into think it is a lovely, moral way of making myself more money.

Ummmmmm I have been one of these cunts. Albeit an accidental one.
I bought a wii that turned out to be really popular (first year of release) and I spotted rhem going for 5x what I paid for it. I sold it within 10 mins of putting it up.
I did feel a bit bad when the mum of this family came to collect it but was on minimum wage etc myself.

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Manufacturer makes 100 items, and only 100 items

50 get sold to genuine peles buying for their kids

50 get bought by cunty wankers to sell on ebay

Shop runs out.

Presumably they same about of people's end up with the item, regardless of where it came from?

This is a supply issue. It isn't like the manufacturers don't know what demands is like.

You're all busy being angry at people making a bit of money on Ebay while being taken the piss out of royally by Disney Corp.

You're still going to give them your money though aren't you.

Let's say there's a semi skimmed milk shortage. There's been none in your town for days. Semi skimmed milk is a highly desirable item in considerable demand, but for most people can't be considered to genuinely be essential. You hear that XYZ shop is getting a big milk delivery. You queue up like the rest of the town. I get to the shops 5 minutes before you. I buy all of the remaining SS milk. I set up a stall outside of the shop selling 4pints for 8 quid. You either go without or considerably line my pockets. That would make me a cunt. Same thing, smaller scale.

Or do many of you still think this is just entrepreneurial?

methe so why the problem with concert tickets then ? If it's fair game for toys then it's fair game for concert tickets as well, surely?

It's absolutely grim OP, I agree.

Loathesome practice. I never buy from these parasites, whether it's gig tickets or toys. Big difference between selling on one item you can't use or don't need any more, at a fair price, and deliberately buying up supplies to fleece other consumers.

Dixie quite, and nor would I. and nor would anyone with an ounce of common sense

The problem with gig tickets ( it's not a problem for me, I don't go to gigs ) is that gig tickets are finite. (Toys are not - you might not be able to get one at the exact moment you want but you will eventually.)

The band play once in your town and one time only.

It ain't like there's going to be a Boxing Day Sale gig.

Del Boy Trotter is alive and well on e-bay. YABU. No one's compelling anyone to buy them.

Profiteering is abhorrent as far as I'm concerned, whatever it's about.

However, this is a non-essential item so realistically you can just get them something else and leave the profiteers with the ridiculous stocks of plastic tat that will be virtually worthless after Christmas and into the January sales.

I did it once. With the vtech vsmiles when they first came out. Woolworths (showing my and DD's age there) were doing buy 2, get one free. So I bought 3, kept one and sold 2 on ebay.

BUT I only sold them for what they cost in store. Doing it paid for the one we kept.

I did chortle at the picture in the papers of that Cardiff family trying to fit 6 television sets from Asda into the back of their family saloon on Friday. I'll be willing to eat my hat if they aren't on ebay before the week's out.

yanbu.

Yeah and who's going to buy them? Those Polaroid TVs are shite.

Very cuntish IMO

If its business then presumably they pay tax according to the applicable rules if they do it via a company or a sole trader??