Console 'scalper' on stockpiling PlayStations for profit
BBC Click's Omar Mehtab spoke to a 'scalper,' an unfavourable term for a person who buys and stockpiles popular products - making it harder for consumers to find the goods they want to buy, let alone buy them at the intended market price.
Speaking in front of a wall of stacked PlayStation gaming consoles he bought to resell at a higher price, the former investment banker turned goods reseller said he was utilising a gap in the supply chain.
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