> If it's okay for John Deere to do this, then why do people get arrested for scalping toilet paper? ... Federalism? Most of the time it's not illegal to scal

> If it's okay for John Deere to do this, then why do people get arrested for scalping toilet paper? ... Federalism? Most of the time it's not illegal to scalp toilet paper. There are select cities and states, with interventionist city councils and legislatures; when citizens saw inflated prices, these bodies decided that they would enact bans on scalping, in a manner which usually focus on consumer goods. Note that economists suggest that scalping is a natural part of supply and demand and helps reduce shortages by incentivizing traders to move in supply from elsewhere (and scalping bans are sometimes deliberately weaponized against immigrant-owned small businesses because of course they are why did you doubt for a moment? Even NYC rolled that back somewhat and offered refunds on the fines they levied on bodegas.) But while the theoretical efficiency may or may not actually be realized in the aftermath of a disaster, it is of course entirely irrelevant to the legal monopoly on tractor repair services, which certainly have no such excuse. This just makes it all worse, of course.