Petition · Department for Business and Trade

Ban the use of bots to bulk-buy products & reselling them at inflated prices

Open for signatures 36 signatures

What the petition asks

Ban the act of buying limited-supply products via bots and reselling them at inflated prices when people cannot purchase those products any other way, as so-called “scalpers” have bought them all.
I believe to fix this problem and not interfere with people’s rights, there should be a ban, and shops should either limit the amount of stock than can be bought from one account when stock is low or limit the amount of the said product going to the same address.

Timeline

10 Jun 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 36
Status Open for signatures
Department Department for Business and Trade
Opened 10 Jun 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.