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This is a common arbitrage tactic. Seller carries no inventory, lists multiple products on eBay for slightly higher than the Amazon price, and buys/ships from A
by yojo 6y ago
This is a common arbitrage tactic. Seller carries no inventory, lists multiple products on eBay for slightly higher than the Amazon price, and buys/ships from Amazon if anyone buys the eBay listing.
- ianmcgowan 6y agoThis happened to me, payed $110 for a ski jacket, get an amazon box and lookup the price on amazon - $80. I had to applaud the eBay seller for their hustle..
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- Spooky23 6y agoIt’s a money laundering thing too. There was a story in my area a few years ago where people had some sort of scheme to convert Amazon gift cards into cash via EBay.
- eloff 6y agoI stumbled across an anonymous payment processor that accepts all kinds of shady business, like online casinos and escorts. They accept payment via gift cards to Amazon and elsewhere. Maybe this is how they convert that into cash. I was puzzled about how that would work.
- rK5Q58 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IT2oAzTcvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IT2oAzTcvU
- p1mrx 6y agoThis arbitrage is also good for the buyer, if they don't have an Amazon Prime account.