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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on December 04, 2021, 12:30:53

Title: Members of the US Congress introduce "Stopping Grinch Bots Act" to penalize predatory scalping and potentially ease supply issues for the PlayStation 5 and graphics cards
Post by: Redaktion on December 04, 2021, 12:30:53
Members of Congress recently introduced the Stopping Grinch Bots Act. If it passes through, this piece of legislation could make it illegal for scalpers to use bots and scripts to hoard electronics for resale.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Members-of-the-US-Congress-introduce-Stopping-Grinch-Bots-Act-to-penalize-predatory-scalping-and-potentially-ease-supply-issues-for-the-PlayStation-5-and-graphics-cards.582918.0.html
Title: Re: Members of the US Congress introduce \
Post by: Eric on December 05, 2021, 00:37:41
Oh, please; learn from history. Price fixing only further exacerbates supply shortages. And if someone willingly pays $3,000 for a video card, then he's getting what he wants. If you think it's hard now to find a video card at MSRP, wait until that's the only price allowed.