People think that if there were no scalpers, that they would be able to get a card at MSRP. But that's completely misguided. They wouldn't be able to get a card

People think that if there were no scalpers, that they would be able to get a card at MSRP. But that's completely misguided. They wouldn't be able to get a card at all. Affordable, widely available, obtainable. In a supply constrained market, you can only choose two of those. Scalpers make it so it's widely available and obtainable. But no other option would help everyone get cards at MSRP.