What are people even talking about here.
Long time well-known forum members are selling their clacks for $200 a pop, and people wish them "GLWS". I myself have bought some right after a 4grabs sale ended. I have seen sales where people made over $1000 by selling clacks, including those they bought at retail.
Imo, call a spade a spade and call everyone on their nonsense, or let things be and accept the exploitation like Geekhack always has. If that kind of thing was not condoned, sometimes even applauded, you would not see people trying to make a quick buck. Keyboards are not my only or biggest hobby, and in other situations where some people get exclusive access to some items everyone wants, selling them is generally not seen as something that is ok. Hell, even trading can be frowned upon depending on which items they are traded for. Keycaps collecting is not unlike collecting a lot of other things like post-stamps or model airplanes. It strikes me as odd that reselling items for up to 10 times retail price "just because you can" is something that is not even frowned upon, yet in some particular cases the community suddenly decides to take a stand. Even though the only difference often just comes down to timing.
I am not saying what is wrong or right and what people should and should not do, but you can not sit in the middle somewhere, either you are with it or you are not. Not because of some vague sense of what is fair, but because by sitting in the middle you will not prevent the things that some say they do not want to see happen (profiteering). I sold and bought clacks myself as well, so I am not sitting on a high horse here. But even selling for $50 is something I would not have done if it was not something that happens all the time and is largely accepted. As it is, we all love clacks. Some try to buy them at retail. Some spend a lot of money buying them from someone who bought them at retail. And some people make a quick buck. You could argue that is not even such a bad arrangement, and I would agree. Just be truthful that this is the arrangement that is condoned, even agreed upon.
EDIT: Sorry, this conversation ended some pages ago. Nevermind.
