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Ukie tells frustrated gamers to stay patient . Updated on 26 February 2021
The UK government has issued an official response to an online petition calling for a change in the law to tackle console scalping.
The petition, created by Richard Glover, received over 15,500 signatures, thus sparking a response from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been in high demand since their late 2020 release, with stock selling out soon after it goes on sale. Both consoles are available to buy on auction sites such as eBay with significant mark-ups. It s an issue we discussed during an episode of the Eurogamer Newscast, below:
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11/02/21, 12:14
Last time I checked Tesco doesn’t go buying all the available milk from Asda, Sainburys, Morrisons, Aldi, and Lidl for 70p and then selling it on in their own store for £2.10 though… They are deluded if they think they are providing a service – this is nothing to do with the difference between wholesale and retail, they are deliberately preventing access to retail products and then demanding many time the RRP value of the item to give consumers access back to it. I urge people never to buy from a scalper no matter how badly you want it – if there is no market for them there is no incentive to keep buying them, and as a bonus they will be thousands out of pocket. I’m all for the motion to make the practice illegal in the UK…Log in to reply