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minus-squaremrfriki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-21 个月前Probably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·1 个月前Yea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity. It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 个月前It’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 个月前Company policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前There’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
minus-squareFlordaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 个月前It’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.
Probably because there is not a firm law on scalping, on top of being international site which makes applying laws even more difficult.
Yea… but also, they’re a private business, they don’t have to accept it. It’s called having integrity.
It’s pretty slimey to be like “welp, we know it’s immoral, but it’s not illegal, so we’ll profit off of it”.
It’s a business and an American one at that. Of course they’re going to put profit over morality.
And stop it how exactly?
Company policy to delist scalped products. It’s quite simple. It’s not like these listings are hard to find.
There’s so many it’s impossible to get them all
It’s a corporation. They only care about money. Integrity is only important to them if it leads to more money.