good business?

went to target this mid-morning to check out the missoni collection. i was only planning to buy bobby pins since i'm low anyway, but i did want to look at their stuff since i've only really seen it online (btw, the target website crashed from all the traffic!). maybe it's my fault because i didn't get there first thing in the morning, but nearly everything was sold out!! the target employees said there was a big line waiting for the store to open and that within the 30 minutes nearly everything was gone. target was smart and set up all the missoni stuff on endcaps or in highly visible places so people wouldn't miss anything. and they really didn't! but even this "late in the day" there were some women with shopping carts full of missoni stuff. seriously, jam packed with nothing other than missoni (they were practically stalking the target employees waiting for them to restock with new items they had just found in the backroom). that might be cool if they really like missoni, but no one buys 10 pairs of the exact same shoe in multiple sizes!

i came home and did a search on ebay and wouldn't you know, there are already thousands of items up! i hate these people! i get that this is a good way to make some money, but it's also pretty fucked up. i wouldn't go as far as to say it's immoral, but it's certainly shady as hell.

i remember that when h&m did their designer collaborations they limited customers to either a few items each, or one of each item in the collection, i can't remember exactly. but i think that's a great idea. of course, dishonest people will go back and wait in line again, or go to another store, or bring their whole family to buy stuff but at least h&m tried to let as many people as they can access the collection. target should seriously consider doing the same thing. if you can't stop opportunistic people, you can at least inconvenience them.

btw, those bobby pins i bought for $7? i found them on ebay for $30.