On Monday, December 14th, Members of Parliament asked the UK government to make the resale of goods purchased using automated bots (computer software that circumvents retail queues) an illegal activity. The suggested legislation would be similar to those introduced several years ago for the secondary selling of tickets, which require resellers to be transparent in regards to their identity and details of seating.,
The motion is in its early stages still but has gained notoriety thanks to billions in profits from the resale of game consoles, like the PS5, and PC components this holiday season. This time it sounds like the UKs new law could impact the sneaker and retail industries instead of just banning bots for tickets in the entertainment industry, like the current law does. It is still very early in the process and the exact text of the law has not been discussed so we can only speculate but the UK seems to be acting fast to stop the resell madness created by the release of the Playstation 5 and several popular PC products this holiday season.