Current Events > As economy is brutal to min wage worker is scalping justified?

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WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:08:15 PM #1:	If they see Pokemon cards at Walmart and buy it to sell it to some engineer making $200k who could care less what they cost, so they who make around min wage can cover rent. Is that good or bad? <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926072] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>If they see Pokemon cards at Walmart and buy it to sell it to some engineer making $200k who could care less what they cost, so they who make around min wage can cover rent.Is that good or bad?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 07/29/25 2:09:18 PM #3:	Gotta do what you gotta do. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:985926083] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Gotta do what you gotta do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 07/29/25 2:09:51 PM #4:	Never justified. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:985926091] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Never justified.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:10:31 PM #5:	HashtagSEP posted... Never justified. What if bird flu happens so you raise price of eggs? <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926098] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>HashtagSEP posted... </cite><quote>Never justified.</quote>What if bird flu happens so you raise price of eggs?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 07/29/25 2:14:22 PM #6:	There's a lot of stakeholders in the economy on top of the potential ambiguity or nebulousness of "good" and "bad". You might describe scalping as price discovery in action. For the supply of PKMN cards or GPUs available, the MSRPs are set lower than retailers could be selling them for, since there is some theoretical price range where retailers could sell out their stock without scalpers having any hope to profit because there'd be no one left on the demand curve willing to pay the scalper's margin on top of the "correct" MSRP. But obviously, a secondhand direct reselling market after retailers is a layer of inefficiency and creates a ton of frustration for consumers who just want the product. As for one random guy 'hustling' by scalping individual items, well it's good for him, bad for anyone else who wanted the product for what the retailer was selling it for. It'd be 'better' if he could just have a job good enough that scalping was not interesting, or if the MSRP better reflected the market value, or if supply improved such as to make scalping infeasible. --- https://imgur.com/gallery/dXDmJHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GL-BYZFfY <cite>Doe posted [p:985926133] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>There's a lot of stakeholders in the economy on top of the potential ambiguity or nebulousness of "good" and "bad".You might describe scalping as price discovery in action. For the supply of PKMN cards or GPUs available, the MSRPs are set lower than retailers could be selling them for, since there is some theoretical price range where retailers could sell out their stock without scalpers having any hope to profit because there'd be no one left on the demand curve willing to pay the scalper's margin on top of the "correct" MSRP. But obviously, a secondhand direct reselling market after retailers is a layer of inefficiency and creates a ton of frustration for consumers who just want the product. As for one random guy 'hustling' by scalping individual items, well it's good for him, bad for anyone else who wanted the product for what the retailer was selling it for. It'd be 'better' if he could just have a job good enough that scalping was not interesting, or if the MSRP better reflected the market value, or if supply improved such as to make scalping infeasible. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BigMeatyClaws 07/29/25 2:14:46 PM #7:	A_Good_Boy posted... Gotta do what you gotta do. --- http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu9sfueDC81qfb808.png <cite>BigMeatyClaws posted [p:985926144] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Gotta do what you gotta do.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 07/29/25 2:16:54 PM #8:	I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:985926168] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:18:18 PM #9:	HashtagSEP posted... I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp. ? They can instantly flip them <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926179] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>HashtagSEP posted... </cite><quote>I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp.</quote>?They can instantly flip them</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wedge_Antilles 07/29/25 2:21:03 PM #10:	Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck. --- I used the knife. I saved a child. I won a war. God forgive me. <cite>Wedge_Antilles posted [p:985926208] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 07/29/25 2:23:10 PM #11:	WingsOfGood posted... ? They can instantly flip them The kind people want to buy are typically the more expensive sets, not the individual packs. If you can afford to buy several of those to scalp, especially since doing so typically requires taking time out to be there when they're stocked, since they sell fast, that's not all too indicative of somebody truly struggling to make ends meet. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:985926232] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>?They can instantly flip them</quote>The kind people want to buy are typically the more expensive sets, not the individual packs. If you can afford to buy several of those to scalp, especially since doing so typically requires taking time out to be there when they're stocked, since they sell fast, that's not all too indicative of somebody truly struggling to make ends meet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:26:17 PM #12:	Wedge_Antilles posted... Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck. Said kid is son of Silicon Valley exec <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926262] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Wedge_Antilles posted... </cite><quote>Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck.</quote>Said kid is son of Silicon Valley exec</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 07/29/25 2:29:23 PM #13:	WingsOfGood posted... Said kid is son of Silicon Valley exec What about all the kids that aren't children of Silicon Valley executives that can't get them because of scalpers? --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:985926287] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>Said kid is son of Silicon Valley exec</quote>What about all the kids that aren't children of Silicon Valley executives that can't get them because of scalpers?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:30:12 PM #14:	HashtagSEP posted... What about all the kids that aren't children of Silicon Valley executives that can't get them because of scalpers? Their parents are the scalpers perhaps <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926298] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>HashtagSEP posted... </cite><quote>What about all the kids that aren't children of Silicon Valley executives that can't get them because of scalpers?</quote>Their parents are the scalpers perhaps</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PeteyParker 07/29/25 2:32:57 PM #15:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] --- "How can.. the Prime minister.. support a law.. that makes it illegal for people.. who....What I'm trying to say is.. Oasis rules!" <cite>PeteyParker posted [p:985926335] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
xAzNPimP4LiFex 07/29/25 2:36:12 PM #16:	A_Good_Boy posted... Gotta do what you gotta do. this. that is capitalism everyone. --- Pimpin ain't as easy as ya fellas think it is so don't front on me like that SON! <cite>xAzNPimP4LiFex posted [p:985926370] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Gotta do what you gotta do.</quote>this. that is capitalism everyone. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:40:47 PM #17:	Doe posted... or if the MSRP better reflected the market value How does this solve scalping? Just changes who does it Also these items usually are "limited edition" on purpose other than ps5 <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926408] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Doe posted... </cite><quote>or if the MSRP better reflected the market value</quote>How does this solve scalping? Just changes who does itAlso these items usually are "limited edition" on purpose other than ps5</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crushed515151 07/29/25 2:45:22 PM #18:	Some of the scalpers Ive seen in my neighborhood already look like dudebros with money doing this shit. --- Stop, Drop, And Roll Does Not Work In Hell-By the End of Tonight <cite>Crushed515151 posted [p:985926474] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Some of the scalpers Ive seen in my neighborhood already look like dudebros with money doing this shit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
emblem-man 07/29/25 2:46:53 PM #19:	WingsOfGood posted... How does this solve scalping? Just changes who does it Also these items usually are "limited edition" on purpose other than ps5 If an item is limited edition, should the only way to get the item be, winning the lottery of being the first in line to buy it? --- Trump is pursuing a chaotic far-right overthrow of existing US government norms and checks and balances, trying to destroy our way of life. <cite>emblem-man posted [p:985926484] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>How does this solve scalping? Just changes who does itAlso these items usually are "limited edition" on purpose other than ps5</quote>If an item is limited edition, should the only way to get the item be, winning the lottery of being the first in line to buy it?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:47:02 PM #20:	Crushed515151 posted... Some of the scalpers Ive seen in my neighborhood already look like dudebros with money doing this shit. Well yeah after they keep making money they don't stop and escape velocity min wage life <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926486] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Crushed515151 posted... </cite><quote>Some of the scalpers Ive seen in my neighborhood already look like dudebros with money doing this shit.</quote>Well yeah after they keep making money they don't stop and escape velocity min wage life</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 07/29/25 2:47:31 PM #21:	emblem-man posted... If an item is limited edition, should the only way to get the item be, winning the lottery of being the first in line to buy it? Isn't that how limited ed works? Msrp of not <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:985926491] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>emblem-man posted... </cite><quote>If an item is limited edition, should the only way to get the item be, winning the lottery of being the first in line to buy it?</quote>Isn't that how limited ed works? Msrp of not</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordOfTheCats 07/29/25 2:58:17 PM #22:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] <cite>LordOfTheCats posted [p:985926581] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arcanine2009 07/29/25 3:16:59 PM #23:	HashtagSEP posted... I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp. Credit cards and debt exist.. It's something they can flip easily. I don't like scalpers/scalping, but it's one step above and outright stealing from a store. I'm more sympathetic if they are doing it because they literally have no other option to put food on the table or pay the rent. At least with scalpers, we can choose not to buy and wait for restocks. --- Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need. <cite>Arcanine2009 posted [p:985926746] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>HashtagSEP posted... </cite><quote>I'd also question how much somebody is truly struggling if they can afford to load up on something like Pokemon cards to scalp.</quote>Credit cards and debt exist.. It's something they can flip easily. I don't like scalpers/scalping, but it's one step above and outright stealing from a store. I'm more sympathetic if they are doing it because they literally have no other option to put food on the table or pay the rent. At least with scalpers, we can choose not to buy and wait for restocks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssb_yunglink2 07/29/25 3:29:59 PM #24:	Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to --- Hee Ho <cite>ssb_yunglink2 posted [p:985926856] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 07/29/25 3:30:56 PM #25:	ssb_yunglink2 posted... Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to Yeah but who doesn't like money though? --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:985926866] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>ssb_yunglink2 posted... </cite><quote>Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to</quote>Yeah but who doesn't like money though? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 07/29/25 3:33:36 PM #26:	I'm gonna assume that the people who can't (or can barely) afford one ticket probably aren't the ones buying fifty and selling them for profit. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:985926886] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>I'm gonna assume that the people who can't (or can barely) afford one ticket probably aren't the ones buying fifty and selling them for profit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssb_yunglink2 07/29/25 3:35:01 PM #27:	A_Good_Boy posted... Yeah but who doesn't like money though? You can like money but Ill still call you an asshole if youre scalping lol --- Hee Ho <cite>ssb_yunglink2 posted [p:985926899] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Yeah but who doesn't like money though?</quote>You can like money but Ill still call you an asshole if youre scalping lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ai123 07/29/25 3:43:29 PM #28:	Wedge_Antilles posted... Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck. For anyone wanting to play the TCG, it is now cheaper than it ever has been if you buy singles online. You can put a competitive deck together for less than $100. Buying packs is by far the most expensive and inefficient way to do that. I played in the days when some decks ran 3-4 Tropical Beach . . . --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'. Let in the refugees, deport the racists. <cite>ai123 posted [p:985926997] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Wedge_Antilles posted... </cite><quote>Imagine being a kid wanting to try the Pokmon TCG but never being able to find any cards because a bunch of middle aged guys are buying them all to flip em for a quick buck.</quote>For anyone wanting to play the TCG, it is now cheaper than it ever has been if you buy singles online. You can put a competitive deck together for less than $100. Buying packs is by far the most expensive and inefficient way to do that.I played in the days when some decks ran 3-4 Tropical Beach . . .</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Link_of_time 07/29/25 5:02:10 PM #29:	ssb_yunglink2 posted... Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to This. The passive money, side hustle, flippers, are not the minimum wage ppl living check to check. In order to make those ventures profitable, you already need to have disposable income. This is the same for many popular streamers. <cite>Link_of_time posted [p:985927863] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>ssb_yunglink2 posted... </cite><quote>Flippers and scalpers are usually not people who are desperate for money trying to make a buck Ive met flippers in real life and its literally just their side hustle for easy cash. Theyre not doing it even remotely because they have to</quote>This. The passive money, side hustle, flippers, are not the minimum wage ppl living check to check. In order to make those ventures profitable, you already need to have disposable income. This is the same for many popular streamers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSj4Wingzero 07/29/25 5:04:59 PM #30:	Link_of_time posted... The passive money, side hustle, flippers, are not the minimum wage ppl living check to check. In order to make those ventures profitable, you already need to have disposable income. Indeed. It's usually someone who's already pretty well-off who wants to be even more well-off. In a way, I think the future may be to do what Japan's Studio Ghibli museum did. My wife and I bought tickets recently. You could only buy a limited number of them, you had to log onto the website at the given time, and the ticket could only be claimed with an ID whose name matched the name of the purchaser, so it really makes scalping very difficult. It wasn't a perfect system, but that's how the prices stay affordable. --- Not changing this sig until the Knicks win the NBA Championship! Started 4/23/2010! <cite>SSj4Wingzero posted [p:985927903] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Link_of_time posted... </cite><quote>The passive money, side hustle, flippers, are not the minimum wage ppl living check to check. In order to make those ventures profitable, you already need to have disposable income.</quote>Indeed. It's usually someone who's already pretty well-off who wants to be even more well-off.In a way, I think the future may be to do what Japan's Studio Ghibli museum did. My wife and I bought tickets recently. You could only buy a limited number of them, you had to log onto the website at the given time, and the ticket could only be claimed with an ID whose name matched the name of the purchaser, so it really makes scalping very difficult. It wasn't a perfect system, but that's how the prices stay affordable.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CobraGT 07/29/25 5:11:16 PM #31:	Garbage premise. IE. Garbage economy motivates garbage wage-tier worker to scalp. You're going to scalp, then you are scalping each and every chance you get. Working class has free will and can choose to work together. --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known https://photobucket.com/u/SwordOfWheat/a/9990a2ee-25f3-4242-ae79-7d2d4b882be4 <cite>CobraGT posted [p:985927989] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Garbage premise. IE. Garbage economy motivates garbage wage-tier worker to scalp.You're going to scalp, then you are scalping each and every chance you get. Working class has free will and can choose to work together.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prestoff 07/29/25 6:25:29 PM #33:	I hate it, but in shitty times you gotta hustle to pay the bills and that sometimes means scalping and other dirty tactics to bring in the bacon. Granted, if you have all the time in the world to wait hours in front of a target to scalp children's trading cards to flip it, you're better off using that time to find a stable job instead imo. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:985928733] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>I hate it, but in shitty times you gotta hustle to pay the bills and that sometimes means scalping and other dirty tactics to bring in the bacon. Granted, if you have all the time in the world to wait hours in front of a target to scalp children's trading cards to flip it, you're better off using that time to find a stable job instead imo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TraurigAberWahr 07/29/25 6:30:50 PM #34:	A_Good_Boy posted... Yeah but who doesn't like money though? Channeling the inner oil baron and health insurance executive <cite>TraurigAberWahr posted [p:985928802] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Yeah but who doesn't like money though?</quote>Channeling the inner oil baron and health insurance executive</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SketchDog 07/29/25 6:32:00 PM #35:	Hustling is as old as human history. If the opportunity is there, some people will take advantage of it. <cite>SketchDog posted [p:985928813] in As economy... [t:81019881]...</cite> <quote>Hustling is as old as human history. If the opportunity is there, some people will take advantage of it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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