Scalpers are people who have no interest in a product but buy it at retail to flip for a profit at a higher price, stop using it as some catch-all insult for people who interact with a collectible in a way you don't approve of. Also, youre the one with a mountain of unopened Commander Masters and a wall of Kaladesh inventions, by your definition, are you a scalper?
I did say that “One of the 'side effects' of it's popularity is that those that treats TCG as Investments are starting to buy these cards up a.k.a. scalpers". As the TCG gains popularity and hype like the recent NFL partnership, some simply see it as an opportunity to flip for money fast inflating the price then selling and not really participating in the hobby by drying up the market. You are right that it should not be a catch all as Hobbyist, Collectors, and Investors do not like being called Scalpers as there are instances where they got lucky on opening multiple duplicates or buying sets for multiple decks or even just buying new sets out of habit and it suddenly goes up due to demand or popularity driving up the price and they see an opportunity to sell. Having close relationships to shop owners and 2 distributors showed me there is a tendency to scalp even for players, like 2 specific LGS/LCS in my area are selling awakening at $170, pre-order from the other shops through players that gets cut and they send in and even a few admitting to buying anything under $1400 online due to high demand of pre-order at $1700+.
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collect and play, but so expensive 😮
I invest
collecting and playing. Really not interested in invest
Scalpers are people who have no interest in a product but buy it at retail to flip for a profit at a higher price, stop using it as some catch-all insult for people who interact with a collectible in a way you don't approve of. Also, youre the one with a mountain of unopened Commander Masters and a wall of Kaladesh inventions, by your definition, are you a scalper?
I did say that “One of the 'side effects' of it's popularity is that those that treats TCG as Investments are starting to buy these cards up a.k.a. scalpers". As the TCG gains popularity and hype like the recent NFL partnership, some simply see it as an opportunity to flip for money fast inflating the price then selling and not really participating in the hobby by drying up the market.
You are right that it should not be a catch all as Hobbyist, Collectors, and Investors do not like being called Scalpers as there are instances where they got lucky on opening multiple duplicates or buying sets for multiple decks or even just buying new sets out of habit and it suddenly goes up due to demand or popularity driving up the price and they see an opportunity to sell. Having close relationships to shop owners and 2 distributors showed me there is a tendency to scalp even for players, like 2 specific LGS/LCS in my area are selling awakening at $170, pre-order from the other shops through players that gets cut and they send in and even a few admitting to buying anything under $1400 online due to high demand of pre-order at $1700+.