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minus-squareJakenVeina@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down3·2 months agoHow is it that eBay doesn’t have any resposibility for helping to crack down on these?
minus-squaremrfriki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-22 months agoProbably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·2 months agoYea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity. It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
minus-squareFlordaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAnd stop it how exactly?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoCompany policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoBecause it’s not illegal, just immoral.
minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThis is mostly what it’s designed for, peak capitalism. If it weren’t for the scam concerns presented by the fact that this is a spot in line and not actually a real product sale, eBay would want to have more of this.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoIf fleaBay stopped them, they’d just do it somewhere else and then they would lose profits and solve nothing. It’s really not their responsibility. When Ford and Tesla tried to stop stuff like this they were lambasted for infringing on customer freedoms. https://carbuzz.com/news/ford-sues-john-cena-for-flipping-his-gt-supercar-and-making-a-profit/
How is it that eBay doesn’t have any resposibility for helping to crack down on these?
Probably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
Yea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity.
It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
It’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
It’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.
And stop it how exactly?
Company policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
There’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
Because it’s not illegal, just immoral.
This is mostly what it’s designed for, peak capitalism. If it weren’t for the scam concerns presented by the fact that this is a spot in line and not actually a real product sale, eBay would want to have more of this.
If fleaBay stopped them, they’d just do it somewhere else and then they would lose profits and solve nothing. It’s really not their responsibility.
When Ford and Tesla tried to stop stuff like this they were lambasted for infringing on customer freedoms.
https://carbuzz.com/news/ford-sues-john-cena-for-flipping-his-gt-supercar-and-making-a-profit/