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I don't know any name for it, but it's well-known in economics. If you want a new, unused hard drive, drop by my office, there's one on a shelf here. It was bo
by Arnt 5y ago
I don't know any name for it, but it's well-known in economics.
If you want a new, unused hard drive, drop by my office, there's one on a shelf here. It was bought for a sensible reason. But selling it, or finding someone I could give it to, isn't worth my while.
So someone has a pallet of Dyson fans on a shelf in a warehouse in Dunfermline, and for whatever reason the time/effort/money costs of storing it there or shipping it elsewhere outweigh the likely income from selling it later.
I'm a bit surprised that Amazon doesn't operate a market for that kind of thing. Bulk Marketplace, no returns, no warranty, FOB Amazon warehouse. Or maybe it does?
- dolmen 5y agoAmazon has "Warehouse Deals" for damaged items (either in the warehouse or transport, or, I guess, returned by customers). You can specifically search for them. A few times I got perfectly brand new products, box not opened or damaged.
- joezydeco 5y agoHere in the states there are liquidators near the warehouses that sell palettes of returned items, or break them apart and auction/sell things off. If you want to live vicariously there are countless YouTube videos where people buy a palette and then unwrap and inventory every item. It's treasure hunting since it's a mixed of used/broken things and brand new stuff that was just returned for some other reason. In the Chicago are there's https://slibuy.com/ https://slibuy.com/. They used to sell palettes but now it looks like they break it up and sell items individually.
- lorlou 5y ago>I'm a bit surprised that Amazon doesn't operate a market for that kind of thing. Bulk Marketplace, no returns, no warranty, FOB Amazon warehouse. Probably illegal at least in Europe.