I've noticed a new wave of neo-capitalists who seem to be actively sympathising with (if not encouraging) scalping. "It's just the way the free market works!" "That's how retailers always worked!" "It levels out demand!".

Such grubby people.

In basically all my hobbies, scalping has become the norm now. Computers, Japanese cars, tabletop games, hell even kids toys. It does feel like there's been a massive increase in the number of people with enough capital to see a trend and basically buy the market out with the intention of making a profit.