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Depending on the type of product there may be several times the necessary amount already laying around.
Unfortunately places like goodwill will jack up prices. eBay prices tend to go up as well. Other places not as much since they don't usually do market research.
In my country, a lot/most of the second hand selling is done by normal people
That is good. Unfortunately many Americans "just don't want to mess with it" themselves. They could easily give it away directly or recycle it, but instead give stuff to phony charities like goodwill.
There's also a massive trend of reselling where people either shop thrift to sell at a markup or people trying to sell their stuff for close to new prices
I don't really see an issue with reselling niche items. The people looking for them aren't going to every thrift store weekly to find that exact item. They can conveniently go online and have it shipped to their door. It has caused goodwill to jack up prices and cherry pick all the good stuff for their own auction site.
I've bought and resold before as well as redold my old stuff on ebay but the margins can be thin unless you have a huge difference in price bought vs sold.
There's a big difference between resellimg and scalping.
My problem isn't with reselling but the trend of overpricing, I suppose scalping is an appropriate term.
They can try all they want. I see that occasionally on the websites people sell their stuff on. But usually even those people are willing to sell for a reasonable offer if their ad has been up for a long time.