Mark Twain Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I listened to this on NPR on my way home for work: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568624246/grinch-bots-attempt-to-steal-christmas-by-driving-up-toy-prices This troubles me because a reseller might use a specific algorithm to track a product, but that does not mean that a bot will purchase thousands of that product once launched, leading to price/ product manipulation. There seems to be a pretty big disconnect between perception and reality. Nowhere in the article does it mention that most retailers put reasonable limits on online orders or that banning people, or I guess bots, occurs. Anyone got any Hamilton tickets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy61 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 This is stupid. Most resellers don't even use bots. We just know where to go and sometimes get lucky. The article is just a knee-jerk reaction to capitalism at its best . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrToes16 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I remember the days when Tickle Me Elmo didn't need bots to purchase all available inventory before they became "Pony up the cash Elmo". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenix_2k1 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) The funny thing is a lot of the Xmas hoarding is done by mum's wanting to pay for Xmas by screwing other mum's lol Edited December 6, 2017 by Fenix_2k1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSpeed Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 They had a report on this last night on NBC. I had to laugh really hard. They were claiming prices for the SNES Classic on ebay was $18,000 USD. Its like they didn't even care that it was probably the highest listing; no-one is buying that listing and it was merely used for the shock value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, CosmicSpeed said: They had a report on this last night on NBC. I had to laugh really hard. They were claiming prices for the SNES Classic on ebay was $18,000 USD. Its like they didn't even care that it was probably the highest listing; no-one is buying that listing and it was merely used for the shock value. The reporting on that was almost entirely inaccurate. I'd be ashamed if I was that program director. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minicoopers11 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Saw the NPR article shared on facebook today. Hahahaha. Scammers. I don't really partake much in QFLL, but good grief. This is literally capitalism at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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