Petition · Make Scalping Illegal Across The US

Skip to main contentMake Scalping Illegal Across The USMake Scalping Illegal Across The USRecent signers:Julia culver-ferguson•2 weeks agodamianp 69420•1 month agoKenneth Dennis•2 months agoTyler King•3 months agoAman Crockett•3 months agoNathan Macias•3 months agoBrandon Flores•4 months agoEsteban Murillo•5 months agoTony Boyle•5 months agoSky Chase•6 months agoJay Good•6 months agoJonathan Williams•6 months agoBaka Y•6 months agoEvie K•7 months agoAJ Cowley•7 months agoBlake Samuel•8 months agoJoshua Aaron•8 months agoRyan Huggett•8 months agoJC Arentzen•8 months agoSaber Dyanama•8 months agoJulia culver-ferguson and 19 others have signed recently.Decision Maker: United States Congress12 Supporter Voices

The Issue

In the course of a free and open economic capitalist society, it becomes necessary to ensure consumer goods are available to all at the prices set by the companies who create the products.

It has come to the attention of the gaming community that the morally bankrupt practice of scalping has at quite possibly the worst time in history for such an act to happen, destroyed the launch of the most recent major company's products in entertainment.

Though this issue was brought up by the gaming community it has existed in many facets of our economic system for years and it is time for the practice to be officially outlawed by the bastion of capitalism; the United States of America.

The practice of scalping is currently defined as a misdemeanor by 15 US states individually, with nothing more than a slap on the wrist for destroying an entire sector of the economy and forcing consumers to use sketchy third parties to purchase potentially life-changing products and services.

If gone unchecked (like it has been) all products distributed online are vulnerable to attack and prices skyrocketing due to mass buyouts of all products through automation.

We are only now seeing the painful reality of viewing a product that was originally priced at 599.00 USD on resale websites for upwards of 100,000.00 USD with no other option available to purchase these items.

The gaming community specifically is dealing with this problem. The day of 3 Major technology companies next generation of gaming hardware was put on sale, it was en masse bought out before any real customers could buy them and put on resale on eBay for ridiculous prices.

Its time to make a stand against the practice and officially outlaw scalping in the United States. #GamersAgainstScalpers

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Verified signaturesRecent signers:Julia culver-ferguson•2 weeks agodamianp 69420•1 month agoKenneth Dennis•2 months agoTyler King•3 months agoAman Crockett•3 months agoNathan Macias•3 months agoBrandon Flores•4 months agoEsteban Murillo•5 months agoTony Boyle•5 months agoSky Chase•6 months agoJay Good•6 months agoJonathan Williams•6 months agoBaka Y•6 months agoEvie K•7 months agoAJ Cowley•7 months agoBlake Samuel•8 months agoJoshua Aaron•8 months agoRyan Huggett•8 months agoJC Arentzen•8 months agoSaber Dyanama•8 months agoJulia culver-ferguson and 19 others have signed recently.Decision Maker: United States Congress12 Supporter Voices

The Issue

In the course of a free and open economic capitalist society, it becomes necessary to ensure consumer goods are available to all at the prices set by the companies who create the products.

It has come to the attention of the gaming community that the morally bankrupt practice of scalping has at quite possibly the worst time in history for such an act to happen, destroyed the launch of the most recent major company's products in entertainment.

Though this issue was brought up by the gaming community it has existed in many facets of our economic system for years and it is time for the practice to be officially outlawed by the bastion of capitalism; the United States of America.

The practice of scalping is currently defined as a misdemeanor by 15 US states individually, with nothing more than a slap on the wrist for destroying an entire sector of the economy and forcing consumers to use sketchy third parties to purchase potentially life-changing products and services.

If gone unchecked (like it has been) all products distributed online are vulnerable to attack and prices skyrocketing due to mass buyouts of all products through automation.

We are only now seeing the painful reality of viewing a product that was originally priced at 599.00 USD on resale websites for upwards of 100,000.00 USD with no other option available to purchase these items.

The gaming community specifically is dealing with this problem. The day of 3 Major technology companies next generation of gaming hardware was put on sale, it was en masse bought out before any real customers could buy them and put on resale on eBay for ridiculous prices.

Its time to make a stand against the practice and officially outlaw scalping in the United States. #GamersAgainstScalpers

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Paul, Oxford11 months agoScalping every little thing online is becoming such an issue. I have nothing against capitalism but buying up everything you can of a specific product and then adding zero value to it and doubling or tripling the price is just wrong. Stores either need to limit purchases on popular items or online retailers need to prohibit resale of new products b...Show full textBlake, Little Rock8 months agoIt is very infuriating to see something I really want go out of stock and become way too expensive on reselling websites. Scalpers need to find themselves a real job.Esteban, Henderson5 months agoScalpers are disgusting and should be dealt with properly. Buying something JUST to resell it at a higher price is a disgusting practice.View all commentsPetition updates

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Petition created on September 23, 2020

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