You can also forget the scalping, and just cancel your late reservation when you finally get the cube from a scalped reservation instead. Again, another cultural difference: if you got money to burn, you can allow yourself to live on the edge
But, I'd say, if you really (Really) want it, you can burn the additional 500 bucks scalp. You already sold your Deck and made some money from it, so it's actually less than that
My other 2 cents, of course

