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This has forced hops to often implement measures to limit purchases which has in turn resulted in threats or acts of violence to staff of retailers or simple theft of \"high value\" items. I wish for the government to ban immediate (within 6 months of purchase) resale of items purchased from a seller at retail price (or equivalent) with no modification at inflated prices. \r\n","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":42,"closing_date":"2026-12-16","created_at":"2026-04-15T13:30:50.409Z","updated_at":"2026-06-23T18:40:10.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-06-16T09:07:38.965Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-15T11:01:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Christopher Lewis","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"BT","name":"Department for Business and Trade","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United 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