Editing Scalper (section)

==How does this relate to /tg/?==
A number of tabletop gaming items have been "graced" by scalpers, causing much [[RAGE]] among fa/tg/uys. Some of the "best" examples include:
*The Sister of Battle Army Set: The infamous SoB box set is for now the biggest case of GW woefully (or intentionally) missing the level of demand one of their products really had. Since this was the release of the plastic Sisters of Battle people had been asking for for so long, and the box itself was a pretty good value for what it had, this box set sold fast. As in, sold out before the thing was in stores fast. 
*[[Warhammer Conquest (collectible)]]: As many issues were considerably cheaper than their value in regular boxes, scalpers went and hoarded the best valued ones to try and sell later. In particular the first issue was '''extremely''' sought after, since it gave you three intercessors and three paints for a couple of euros/dollars/pounds. Since 8th edition was relatively new at the time, people went for those new Primaris units like crazy.
*Both the 8E and 9E starter sets for 40k got scalped heavily during their initial time in the spotlight. This was done because both are/were in high demand and there were unique models in them that some fa/tg/uys would want on their lonesome. 9E got hit especially hard due to a certain plague of [[Nurgle]] making sets limited when they first hit store shelves. Needless to say it sold out extremely fast.
**HOWEVER, Geedubs decided to counter the scalpers and introduced Made-To-Order sets, [[Star Wars|making many scalpers cry out in terror and then be silenced]]. Elegan/tg/entlemen have attributed the genius strategy to [[Kevin Rountree]].