Over the last few months, I have made over £2,000 selling things online thanks to MSE's eBay & second-hand selling tips. One thing I've been doing is selling £1 items from discount stores for as much as £9.99. While this has made me a decent sum, I've received messages accusing me of profiteering. Is that fair? After all, I'm not forcing people to buy things from me.
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Money Moral Dilemma: Is it OK to sell items from pound shops online for a profit?

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All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
Who from? Buyers who realised later that they could have gone to the pound shop too? Block them - they won't be buying from you again anyway, will they? Jealous acquaintances who could have done the same but didn't make the effort? Ignore them.
I have bought books, comics, magazines etc. on market stalls, read then and sold them on eBay for a small profit.
He said to the salesman, “My wife would like to talk to you about the Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
Salesman said, “We haven't got a Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
The man replied, “You have now mate".
I also wonder whether the "made £2000" means profit or sales.
Then again I also wonder if these questions are real
Is this not what shops do? Buy cheap, sell at for a profit?
I am aware of some people who have shown me absolute proof of items bought at places like pound shop and sold for considerably more (always after the event of course) and even now I am aware of an item that sells at considerably over the pound charged at a discount shop - but unfortunately none in my local store as I’ve looked. I have even sold a few bits and pieces myself, but not in bulk, more just a lucky find.
I have also seen people who think they are making a profit, who after fees etc are actually making a small loss.
All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.