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FFS. If you're going to participate in an organized ring to deprive people of buying a scarce item so that you can flip it to your ring leader for a profit so t
by bitmapbrother 10y ago
FFS. If you're going to participate in an organized ring to deprive people of buying a scarce item so that you can flip it to your ring leader for a profit so that the ring leader can then mark it up and sell it for considerably more then you deserve what's coming to you.
This isn't just about reselling an individual phone. They knew full well what they were doing was shady.
- stale2002 10y agoNo. Reselling is not illegal. It is actually the opposite. You as an individual have a RIGHT to resell physical products that you buy. It is called the first sale doctrine and it is enshrined in US law. It doesn't matter what document or terms of service that google has you sign. You buy it you own it.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoScalping is illegal and that's exactly what they participated in by funneling the phones to their ring leader.
- mynameisvlad 10y ago> Scalping is illegal Source? From a cursory search, I found absolutely no mention of such a law, and the strictest I found is that, in certain states, it's illegal to resell tickets at the venue site. Not only would it be pretty much impossible to enforce such a law, but it goes against other laws like the first sale doctrine mentioned above.