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Originally Posted by Peteparker

I find scalping to be when someone or someones DOMINATE the local market. They're not cherry picking a store here and there, they're making the rounds on a routine basis to buy every single item of value from every store in the area. THAT'S scalping. You're not giving a chance to the local collectors and toyhunters still in the area. Sure, you may be making those things available to people who don't hunt your grounds, but you're hurting your own market in the process too.

That's a better explanation too, because selling con stuff is also whatever. You as a fan actively paid to go there and were able to get whatever so it stands to reason what you do with said acquirements is your own business. That's also more towards the collectors side anyway with it not having even been an item that was at retail. Which is why BBTS doing this I don't view as scalping either. These items have no other avenue of release, so whatever ends up in the wild is fair game for a profit as it is a "treasure that took deep pockets and luck to acquire."