Flipping.

[taylor-8847]

Flipping should be made illegal on ebay. Hundreds of selfish people buying out stock such at graphics cards when there are people like myself that are atually wanting one and selling them on for hundreds of £'s more! Absolutley disgracful!

[toysaver]

I figured it was playing a game and not doing 'work' on a computer.  

[gracieallen01]

What this country needs is a great 5 cent graphics card - one that will also do floors, dishes and windows!  If I'm elected, .......

🤣

[maros9416]

I agree! However, the flea market is a close second for people wanting everything for free!

[maros9416]

The other poster made an excellent point, it is for bit coin mining. So, perhaps the OP is wanting to enterprise and enter a higher level of capitalism. However, he can not do so because his start up costs are too much. If the card can produce X dollars per hour from running it, of course it's going to be worth more money than the manufacturer intended.  

[divwido]

So you want us to trade pigs and cows?  That is the basis of selling.  Buy something and sell it for more.

[eburtonlab]

@chapeau-noir 

(I make my living flipping).

"I" offer an artisanally-curated selection of rare and desirable items that are highly sought-after and currently hard to come by, for a -- *cough* -- relatively modest finder's fee.

"You" are a flipper.

"He" is a scalper.

I think that's how that goes.

[onearmdon58]

Flipping is how I feed my family.  I am handicapped and I am unemployable.  I have been flipping in one form or another since 89.  Raised 3 children.  I thought about feeling bad....  Nah.... Life is good no matter how many people do not understand retail.

[penguins_dont_fly]

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@taylor-8847 wrote:

Flipping should be made illegal on ebay. Hundreds of selfish people buying out stock such at graphics cards when there are people like myself that are atually wanting one and selling them on for hundreds of £'s more! Absolutley disgracful!

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How much did you pay for those quad rims? Will you make a profit when they sell?

The Nike shoes? The hats?

Graphics cards are not a necessity that would be subject to gouging laws ...

Flipping merchandise for a profit is called capitalism.

[theloni-10]

Not when you're using illegal bots to auto buy out the stock of a brick and mortar store's website, forcing others not have a chance at buying at MSRP. What you're doing is illegal.

[theloni-10]

It's all Chinese drop shipped garbage anyway. You might a few sincere sellers trying to get rid of some things, but most of the site has turned into Amazon. The graphics cards were literally bought using illegal bots and marked up to unaffordable prices. When you use a bot that bypasses site loopholes to budge in front of others and buy thousands of units....it becomes a problem!

[inhawaii]

Just when you think you're heard it all.   😉

[toomuchstuffagain35]

It's not illegal and it's up to the distributors to put limits if they don't want it to happen.

[dbfolks166mt]

Three year old thread. 😀

[cool.jewels.by.jeff]

It is amazing people think like this. SMH

[buddyboyusa]

I believe this activity is called capitalism.