>>7204945They card them because some people like to collect things with the package. They aren't trying to encourage scalping.
And you can't scalp something that was made-to-order. Scalping would mean they bought out some limited supply, but there was no limited supply. Just people willing to order a lot of them for resale.
Scalping and resale aren't synonymous. In your weird brain, whats the magical difference between retail and these "scalpers" who aren't cleaning out a supply.