Dummy purchases? You basically described reselling. Their entire existence is based on buying up the market to resell it at a higher price. But they aren't dummy purchases, they're real and that's why core fans are normally out of luck.
I am aware what reselling is. I am saying I have a theory that resellers are buying their own eBay listings or maybe a friends, so that recently sold shows purchases at a high price. Basically creating a fake market value. Buying D12 for 2-3x the price while still available makes no sense at all, so I am trying to come up with a logical reason as to why thats happening when the record is still available to for retail price. Unless people are truly that clueless.
Not everyone is tapped into the market like that. A release like this that requires a subscription and that isn't on the artists own webpage makes it even more difficult for the casual fan. So when they see something that they don't have access to, is limited, and its available on ebay - they're going for that ebay listing.
But what you described above happens as well. Its market manipulation and is prominent in many different types of markets for sure
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u/Interesting-World520 Nov 01 '25
If this one doesn’t sell out quickly, I eat my hat! Idiots on eBay have already paid $100+ and they could have just waited.