[kylactus]

I don't know, price gouging is a term that applies more to necessities, like water or gas after a hurricane. when it comes to toys anyone can put any ridiculous price on anything and you're not going to die. The whole "scalper" market would disintegrate if we the toy consumers would decide that a certain percentage above retail is the max were willing to spend, It's not like Hasbro is charging more for rare figures, but you have a lot of people that are willing to pay ridiculous prices, so if say 80$ is what someone is willing to pay for a Black Widow they just set the secondary market price, if no one was willing to pay that the price will come down! it's called free market capitalism. If anyone thinks it's a mortal sin I have a crisp 10$ bill that I'd be glad to give you for your MU Vision.

the figure swapping is however a crime, and if I caught someone doing it I'd have to knee cap them in the parking lot.