Dude you shouldn't feel any other way. It is the way the world works and yes there are exceptions to the rule but this is not one of them.
Everything sold, cars, electronics, clothes, shoes, food, etc. There is a markup on it otherwise companies wouldn't sell it because there would be no profit to be made. When you take your car in to have bodywork done or parts replaced. Everyone knows you're not paying what the garage bought the parts, materials for and that price is probably already marked up. Perfect example is fast food, you think it costs McDonalds 1 or 2 dollars for each cup of soda?
I guess I'm the inly ***** arguing that the artificial market created through limited supply is not the same thing as the free market. Apple's resellers abide by the price set by Apple. So that rules out all of the comparisons to other retail.
The car part markup is an interesting comparison but there is no scarcity. It is markup and you will pay it out of convenience but there is no limited supply that can be leveraged. If you don't like the price your mechanic charges, you can find another mechanic. The scalper has you. You want in, you gotta pay me a premium.
Some think this is ok and I don't. I'm not alone in my opinion (even if I'm the only ***** thick enough to bother with this thread). If you do, good for you. But there is no philosophical free market argument that is going to make scalping look good. You might like that you can benefit from it but if scalping was possible on a bigger scale and no one but a few funded parties could snatch up the launch product, you wouldn't be so eager to be praising the 'free market' you all keep talking about. But who knows. The fact that some here defend Ticketmaster leaves me dumbfounded.
No amount of taking advantage is good for the launch. Even on a limited 1 or 2 product level.
I posted an article on FB about the ebay listings. Across the board it was met (by normal people- not people that discuss product launches on forums - with huge negativity towards Apple. It really feeds into the story that we buy Apple products because we are sheep. And the negativity gets put on Apple. They make as many as they can. And the need is greater. And the exploitation begins.
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