Scalpers are quite a strange buiziness model.
While it is confirmed to already have bult empires (diamonds for example), I find it strange, that electronics of all things would be a good target.
PC components do alawys go down in price with time. There is always a new release not to mention, that every company that is "attacked" by them does get 100 percent demand that will be paid off.
I don't get how this thing can survive more then 5 iterations without just hitting an accidental dead end...
it's called cornering the market
illegal in some markets