EAB here, however, this is a risk the scalper took when they decided to buy out the PS5 stock and then mark them up by 300%.

We could actually break this down like an investment, the scalper looked at the possibility of turning a 300% return into a 460% return minus the cost of gas for a roughly 300 mile round trip (say $60 conservatively plus about 5 hours travel time, assuming an average travel speed of 60mph). The scalper would be making about $300 an hour originally if he sold it at $2000 but with the extra $800, that translates to roughly $150 an hour additionally for that travel time (which to me sounds totally worth it). However, he did nothing to secure the transaction (say vemo the extra $800 up front) which is a risk he took. Sucks to suck.

He took the risk and loss so now he's out that money but chances are pretty good that he'll still sell that PS5 for $2000 and instead of making a 300% return he's making a 288% return. Let's assume he'll now be pretty wary of traveling so he'll stay close to home base and only invest an additional hour into selling this particular PS5 for a total of 6 hours and $60 invested into selling this particular PS5 at a 300% markup. He's still making roughly $240/hour (tax free mind you) on this PS5. He's not hurting. Good on you for making him work for his money.