Submitted on Tuesday 8th December 2020
Rejected on Monday 14th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make market scalping of all forms illegal in the UK
Market scalping is not new, it has been around for many years and UK law has already deemed ticket scalping illegal.
Now hackers are exploiting retailers to buy mass stock of a product to resell at ludicrous prices.
Like ticket scalping, any form of scalping should be deemed illegal.
It is incredibly frustrating for millions of people across the UK and around the world. People are being ripped off, scammed and mislead by these cyber criminals.
In my research, I have found that they use automated bots to constantly scan ALL retailers for a certain product such as the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, computer components and many more.
They then use proxy addresses, multiple accounts and VPNs to bypass any retailer restrictions. Clearly, we are not winning.
Please make a difference!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561986
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