How so-called scalpers use online bots to snap up consoles and resell them for profit.
A sudden drop in income, a mounting medical debt and a family to feed left Sheraz struggling to find another way of making money.
Many sought-after items are resold, including concert tickets, limited-edition trainers and games consoles. But for a majority of resellers, scalping is big business - and they are using tech to give them an added advantage.A lot of electronics are in short supply because of a global shortage of semiconductor chips, which are essentially the brains of modern electronic products.The PlayStation 5 - Sony's next-generation games console - has been particularly hard for many gamers to get hold of.
Asked whether scalping was fair, Mr Bayliss told the BBC: "If you look at any marketplace, if there is an arbitrage opportunity, people are going to capitalise on it.Jack Bayliss spoke to BBC Click's Omar Mehtab
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