Profiting from forum sales
Ive noticed one or two people who seem to consistently make a 30-50% (->100%!) markup on things sold on this and other forums. They buy them on ebay or other forums and move them on within weeks for a significant premium. They claim to be inveterate box swappers but they make a nice little earner from the forums.
This really winds me up as I think on the forums we should be sharing our good fortune for getting gear at a reasonable price if it doesn't work out for us. Don't get me wrong I've made money before but I sell them on ebay or gumtree as I don't see the same expectation of being a community on there.
I was wondering if I'm being overly sensitive and the classifieds are just a free market free for all,or if people agree with me on this?
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Profiting from forum sales
Actually thinking about it I have no issue with selling them on the forums at a profit if you put a link to the original sale and say I've done really well on these but then I got them cheap. What drives me mad is long descriptions about how they are great but no longer fit in with the system/the other half has decided they're not the right style/it's time for a change etc but no mention that they were only bought a few weeks before for a fraction of the price. While carefully worded not to say they've been owned for years there is an implication that they've been in the seller's possession for some time. To me this smacks of dishonesty.
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Profiting from forum sales