UK politicians call for action against PS5 and Xbox Series scalpers

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This legislation would make it illegal to resell goods bought with bots.

A group of UK politicians have said that there should be legislation to stop people scalping highly-sought-after items like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles.

That’s according to VGC, which reports that that six Scottish National Party members of Parliament (MPs) have tabled an Early Day Motion yesterday (Monday, December 14th) asking that laws be drawn up to stop the “resale of gaming consoles and computer components at prices greatly above Manufacturer’s Recommended Retail Price.” This will also make it illegal to resell goods bought using bots.



So far, 10 MPS have signed the bill, mostly from Scotland. There’s no indication yet if this will be called for a debate in the UK’s House of Commons.

This follows the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles in November. One scalping group – CrepChiefNotify – boasted it had snagged around 3,500 of Sony’s new machine. On launch, the group landed 2,472 consoles, in addition to “just under 1,000” PS5 pre-orders that it had scored in September.

The group also tried to buy 1,000 Xbox Series X from retailer Very but these orders were cancelled by the company.

These machines are going for an awful lot of money on secondary marketplaces. PlayStation 5s have attracted as much as £990 on services like Ebay, while Xbox Series X have been going for north of £700. UK second-hand retailer CEX is charging £815 for PS5s, too, offering users £650 to sell the £450 machine.



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Source: https://www.vg247.com/2020/12/15/uk-politicians-ps5-xbox-series-x-scalpers/

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MrParkerPosted:

Once you own a product you should be able to sell it however much you want but the scalpers can **** off

MushroomElmPosted:

OGTrey079
Decy
OGTrey079 Even though its shitty no government should dictate the price you can and cant sell a product you own.


Nothing has been said on dicating what price people/scalpers sell the consoles for. Its about reselling when purchasing with bots illegal.


They bought them with their own money tho. They can't be told what they can and can't do with a product they purchased.


Except they can, welcome to the Free World(Where you aren't actually free). There are laws in the USA that have some leeway into this, too, they just aren't enforcing it like they could. Usually it's towards more necessities than entertainment items, but I believe it can be pushed both ways if they so want to enforce it. Example being when those guys bought out all the hand sanitizer and tried selling it at a high price, right when the pandemic starter here. They got shut down and were made to give it away for free.

OGTrey079Posted:

Decy
OGTrey079 Even though its shitty no government should dictate the price you can and cant sell a product you own.


Nothing has been said on dicating what price people/scalpers sell the consoles for. Its about reselling when purchasing with bots illegal.


They bought them with their own money tho. They can't be told what they can and can't do with a product they purchased.

OPUSPosted:

I think this is a good thing as It will give everyone the chance to have one without having to spend 2 to 3 times the price to some person on the Internet where there is very little protection if the item ended up being fault and you are seriously out of pocket

OPPosted:

Decy
OGTrey079 Even though its shitty no government should dictate the price you can and cant sell a product you own.


Nothing has been said on dicating what price people/scalpers sell the consoles for. Its about reselling when purchasing with bots illegal.


If it is for bots then hey I'm for it. **** those guys

DecyPosted:

OGTrey079 Even though its shitty no government should dictate the price you can and cant sell a product you own.


Nothing has been said on dicating what price people/scalpers sell the consoles for. Its about reselling when purchasing with bots illegal.

OGTrey079Posted:

Even though its shitty no government should dictate the price you can and cant sell a product you own.

SeedPosted:

They are starting to take this serious, I guess£