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EgregiousCubeyesterday at 8:23 PM1 replyview on HN

Scalper bots need customers to sell to; their business model falls apart in the face of sufficient supply.


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giantrobotyesterday at 8:46 PM

That sufficient supply is maybe on the distant horizon. In the meantime everyone is being fleeced because the scalpers have the only supply available. Even if there's a supply glut tomorrow the scalpers have the infrastructure in place to buy out retail channels keeping prices high.

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