Nope, that's a childish understanding of the law. You are never entitled to a free promotional item and they use legal disclaimers to back that point up.
You guys can keep giving that "advice" until you're blue in the face, it will not change the fact that people will buy what they want. If the ONLY way to get it is to buy secondhand, that's what will happen. I don't understand why that bothers you or people like you. It's not your money, not...
You're delusional if you think there's only tens of thousands of "true" fans. You don't print 9 billion cards in a year for less than 100,000 people...