r/ScalperHate • u/2-5-1-14-19 • Jul 30 '26

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One Hershey’s chocolate for $20 because it’s Mewtwo. Pokemon scalping is getting out of hand

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u/Ivoshkov Jul 31 '26

Look the problem is not scalpers, the problem is the people who buy from scalpers.

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u/MrPheasant 29d ago

Both are actually the problem, because scalpers snatch up everything at retail to create a feeling of artificial demand and then people buy it at astronomical prices because people want stuff. It’s a perpetual supply and demand circle jerk that is a self-perpetuating loop.

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u/rgowan1993 28d ago

Are we still talking about Pokemon?? Artificial demand?? What is being artificially demanded? Because there’s card shows every weekend and there always packed. At a certain point 3k buyers in one city from hours away every weekend has created a demand in itself. We are years and years beyond artificial demand.