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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I think a lot of scalpers aim to make a fast buck. They aim to go from fast fluctuations in the market and play on those fluctuations. The capital cost per unit at around $500 to make 50% isn't worth it when there are other options with lower capital cost that can match it, or other options where you can lose your shirt, or hit something at a 5-50x rate of return.
The hoarder/scalper thing is just straight up gambling now. Hoarders are never going to sell. Most scalpers are no longer just aiming to make an incremental amount, most are "scalping" to spin off the extra stuff they luck into that they don't need. Those that are disciplined in being a "reseller" type scalper are a lot more rare now IMO.
Looking at how this area evolved, I envision Walter White's shaking his head and saying, "We don't eat our own supply".
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Maybe 12-15 years ago I decided to buy two of every LEGO set I'd want to build, one to open, one to sell when the set retired. At first I made a killing, basically funding my own hobby. Now I have about 40 sets tucked away in storage because I lost interest.
It was a fun experiment. . . Yeah, let's call it an experiment.