Scalpers 

Scalpers are illegal online individuals who can be the bane of your existence at a time of popularity surging items.

In an act of anti-consumerism, scalpers go through illegal and policy bending routes to buy products in insane amounts of bulk with digital softwares such as bots before the product is even months away from release. Then, in a fruitful attempt to gain money through unofficial means, they sell company items for twice the price and have their listings on seller-acceptable websites.

Those with a large amount of inventory through illegal measures have their items on online listing, and when consumers cannot turn to official methods of getting their product, they lie in wait, hoping that a desperate buyer would have no choice but to submit to their prices, which are normally about 2-3 times higher than company price.

While scalpers are mostly to blame for the shortage of products in the online era, retailers are also to blame. Some retail workers are scalpers or spies themselves for one. Two, online retailers do absolutely nothing in their power to defend against bots. Some, like Best Buy, have taken some security measures to allow 5 minute windows when something is in stock, as well as 1 per buyer, but it's still not enough to counter scalpers. Websites like the famous Amazon and eBay allow for scalpers to show off their ridiculous listings.

Man: "I tried getting the Playstation 5, but they were all out in seconds! How is it possible??"
Man 2: "Scalpers. Scalpers and their bots."

Scalpers by GendleFendle6635 July 17, 2021

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The reason a lot of ordinary items become so expensive. Such as graphics cards, video games, tickets to sports games, etc. Lowlife assholes who can't get a job so instead resort to buying out stocks of highly wanted items to price gouge for them as they are now the only source of said product.

Fucking scalpers ended up making the RTX 3080 way too expensive for me to afford, so I had to settle on an RTX 3060 Ti instead...

Scalpers by СукаБлять May 15, 2024

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Demons from hell

"he lo me scalpers (-s) an me evel me gonna stel and resell this for more hehehehe >:)"
"nooooooooooooo"

Scalpers by iminhellplshelpahhh March 5, 2025

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The scum of the Earth who are too incapable to get an actual job

This scalper dickhead just made this prices of Nintendo Switch’s triple

Scalper by MikeMillion July 16, 2020

Scalper 

An asshole who preorders/buys an item as soon as it's available and resells it at a higher price point than the item originally sold for. Usually is fat, lazy, or has no actual job.

Johnny: I went to Gamestop to get the new Destiny game and they were out of stock and I had to buy it from a scalper.
David: What an asshole, preying upon innocent people wanting to buy something that they find interesting.

Scalper by JFK Shot First June 10, 2017

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The idiots who want to make a quick buck.

I just want to get a 3080 for MSRP, not 3x the price like what the scalpers want.

Scalper by TheTank18 September 18, 2020

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Someone who purchases large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a later date (closer to the event).

Seedy looking guys outside stadiums avoiding police and trying to sell tickets to baseball/football games which are about to start.

Scalper by ~Sunigirl~! January 28, 2004