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algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoLike you can resell stuff but that’s gross
Buy a switch that someone is just going to throw away, fix it, resell it as refurbished, that kind of thing.
Huh? So are you for or against reselling?
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Fair question, I should’ve expanded. To clarify I think it is helpful and good to divert something that was going to be trashed anyway and resell it for a fair price based on your labor to restore it. I actually think it is important. Most of what I do is stuff that people were literally going to trash and while I do earn a decent amount I sell the stuff for fair prices, usually at least 30-40% off of retail
I think it is scummy to merely act as a middle person that artificially buys up supply and then resells at artificially high values (eg consoles, Pokémon cards, sneakers, etc). Scalping, basically