"Your husband is doing nothing wrong. This is basic capitalism: Buy low, sell high. If he'd bought a Babe Ruth baseball 30 years ago and sold it now for a huge profit, would that be unethical? Of course not. Pokemon cards are collectibles. He invested in them when they were available, held them, and is now selling them at market value. That's what good business looks like."
"Even ticket "scalpers" are operating legally under federal law (except when using bots to bypass purchase limits, which is illegal under the BOTS Act of 2016), though many states and localities do impose restrictions. Concert scalpers are annoying and the artists don't benefit, but it's still market-driven commerce. Your husband isn't operating at that scale or facing those kinds of regulations. He bought some cards, they appreciated, he's selling them. That's it."
A husband purchased collectible Pokemon cards when they were released and is reselling them on eBay for holiday profit. Reselling appreciated collectibles is framed as basic capitalism: buy low, sell high. Collectible cards are characterized as luxury items that children do not need, and parents competing to buy entertainment products are exercising consumer choice. If a buyer willingly pays a seller's price, that transaction reflects individual choice rather than exploitation. Ticket scalping is presented as a related market activity that is legal federally except when bots circumvent purchase limits under the BOTS Act of 2016.
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