I need to rant about this somewhere. Scalping already means something horrible and violent and I don't like that people use it to describe free market arbitrage.

Nintendo Switch 2 sells for over $600 on eBay. Isn't this a sign that Nintendo's listing price is way too low?

I see this over and over again in VTuber merch drops. The merch sells out at droptime, and actually re-sells for higher on secondary markets. Isn't this a sign that the original price was too low?

I've done a lot of free market arbitrage over the years. I won't buy if I don't see a margin. There are huge margins with limited items because the listing price is too low.

I hear it again and again, influencers are worried about setting their prices too high to where their fans can't afford to buy their products. They're ignoring the market value out of a sense of moral obligation.