It's odd to me that so many of this kind of thing takes a moral stance and uses comments like "making someone pay" for things like concert tickets or gaming consoles.<p>I'm not for scalping, by any means, but to claim that it harms the consumer is just weird. The vendor is clearly leaving money on the table, but if you're willing pay 4x to not have to wait a few months...that's just market forces.<p>The exceptions are forced buyers--but we're not talking critics meds here.
A couple of years ago they regulated reselling of concert (etc.) tickets here in Norway. If you purchase a ticket for more than retail price, you can actually take the seller to small-courts, and get back the difference. Not sure how well the system works - but there are mechanisms that can make it really expensive for the seller, if they just ignore such laws. (i.e sending your claim to debt collectors that will pile on fees for every missed invoice)