I can never understand so much animosity toward someone that follows the rules, buys an item and then resells it. I mean, we are talking about a limited time limited quantity item that is only available at a single location in the world. If someone is breaking the rules somehow, say has a friend that works for Disney and manages to slide a few hundred out the back door-or is belligerent and tries to force the CM to break the limit rules-sure that’s a different story. But someone pays for tickets, waits in line, purchases two per person with a paid ticket…there simply is nothing evil or wrong by offering the item up for sale. People who miss it will be frustrated, sure, but owning something acquired fairly that other people in the world were not in position to get and are willing to pay extra for…there is just no reason for so much animosity.
sure Disney could offer them up for sale online but then there is a lot more to consider. One, it’s no longer a refillable popcorn bucket at all (or even a popcorn bucket at all, as honestly it’s totally impractical for serving popcorn in) as the vast majority of people buying won’t arrive until after it’s no longer eligible for refills. Two, resellers will have bots buy them all immediately if limited in quantity. Three, they won’t be available for people at the parks at all-not much of a solution in that. Finally, if they have enough supply for the whole world to buy every time they make a new design, it just become mass produced garbage-the whole value of this is it is limited and hard to get and exclusive. It isn’t a necessary item like diabetes medication or even a practical item, it is literally impractical and only desirable because some people think it’s cute and hard to get. There is no scenario where something can be both hard to get, exclusive, collectible and people who buy it won’t be offered more than they paid for it, unless Disney marks up prices to match worldwide demand. Is that really what we want though? Do we really want Disney to charge every guest at the park the absolute maximum amount that someone in the world is willing to pay?
As for me, if I am at the parks and I see something that is hard to get and will help me pay for the trip, I think of it as a great discount on a Disney gift card and buy however many Disney will let me buy- hard limit of two per person ime. I am not about to leave money on the table, so if that makes me an evil person, so be it.