why do retailers sell defunct mmo games

like I was browsing ebay and there's still e-shops selling Warhammer online even though the game has no servers being run anymore, there's even some people selling game time cards for it. is that even legal to sell a product that can't work without online play because the service doesn't even exist

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As for why they sell it.... Well, you see, theres this thing called money........

As for whether its legal for them to sell it ? I don't know. its not like they can't find their way around it if it weren't legal.

Does it matter? Only an idiot would buy it.

well not everyone keeps up to date reading daily gaming news.

It's sort of legal but it isn't, it's like buying a TV from say JB Hifi and it's faulty, the retailer doesn't know if it's going to be a faulty product or not until a consumer uses it, that's why a returns policy exists, and this is where the legal matter comes in. If someone buys Warhammer Online and it doesn't work, it's technically a faulty product, so the consumer has a right to a refund/exchange (obviously an exchange is useless) and the seller can't deny it unless there's been a long time frame. It's actually not up to the consumer in this case to know if the servers are working or not, it's up to the retailer to know this and prevent the sale. Unless if specifically advertised on the product that the servers are closed, the seller has a legal stance. Otherwise games like that usually only state an internet connection is required, it doesn't state if the actual game servers are required or not. If it's on E-bay, there is also the possibility the seller is unaware that the product is still being advertised. If you want, you could check for some method to report them if Ebay has that?