They're actually scarce because of the wonderful debacle the whole supply chain has become in the past two years. This short-term scarcity is being exploited by bad actors who are seizing upon an opportunity to attempt buy up all the remaining stock in hopes that the legitimate end users will be forced to purchase from them at inflated prices.
As far as "nobody can do anything about it" is concerned, 15 states have made ticket scalping illegal because it harms consumers, and if this sort of thing continues you can bet that will expand further. Such legislation would even be fairly straightforward to write, but I suspect it will be more entertaining to watch as various scalpers of retail gear get nailed for various forms of tax evasion.
As far as "nobody can do anything about it" is concerned, 15 states have made ticket scalping illegal because it harms consumers, and if this sort of thing continues you can bet that will expand further. Such legislation would even be fairly straightforward to write, but I suspect it will be more entertaining to watch as various scalpers of retail gear get nailed for various forms of tax evasion.