Get the **** out. for everyone unaware, this man actively contributes to the flipping problem and even teaches others how to flip. This man is not a part of our community, he is a pariah and a leech. In sum, **** off.
How flipping impacts the community negatively, tell me.
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1) It encourages people who do not appreciate this community to join for profit alone, this leads to instances where FCFS are botted, raffles have thousands of duplicate accounts making most nice boards inaccessible to the average member
2) Increased resale prices leads to more and more people who come in to this hobby incentivized by profit leading to more botted FCFSs and raffles
3) Encourages lazy cash grab GBs due to almost everything being able to hit MOQ and usually being able to resale for higher
4) Encourages keycap clones due to people not being able to join in buys due to bots or afford after market pricing on most boards and caps due to flipping
Sure unlimited GBs can prevent flippers but for the average one person vendor unlimited GBs are unfeasible.
1.- Steep entry point will chase off many people who would want to join in just for that. Agreed on limited runs, but then again, such runs in the case of KeyCult, Cannon Keys and Omnitype are just smokescreens, for they are far bigger than what we think.
2.- Same as point 1, plus, free market, if a customer wants to buy you a rock for 1k, then they incentivize the seller as well.
3.- Again, consumers beware, if a flipper buys 100 kits of a trash GB, then tries to flip and don't see a dime in 2 years, that's the best antidote.
4.- Against keycap cloning as well, but unfortunately if I waited 1 year to sell something for the same price, or even lower, why would I be in this business anyway?
