UK politicians call for the resale of goods bought by “bots” to be illegal

Re:UK politicians call for the resale of goods bought by “bo... by whatatita on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:58PM (#25449354)

Another solution that comes to mind is to remove the ability to resell newly released items within a period after their initial release.

The first few weeks after initially going on sale is the time where an item is still highly coveted and the manufacturer doesn't have the capacity to create more. In that same window, bulk-purchasers cannot often afford to sit on the item for weeks on end.

If they made it illegal to - for example - resell an item fro more than 10% higher than the retail price within the first 3 months, most price gougers wouldn't be able to afford it.

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Re:UK politicians call for the resale of goods bought by “bo... by whatatita on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:00PM (#25449380)

You could also impose a limit on the number of items a person can buy by law - similar t some shops do to try to stymie selling out of highly coveted items.

They could impose a maximum of 3 purchases per person. Then shops and payment processors would have to enforce this rule.

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