racist Ebay seller leaves bad taste in my mouth

[broadway]

I thought selling stamps was illegal unless you were a postal annex?

Not that I can tell.
eBay would clamp down on obvious illegal activities like that.

 

[youbet]

How can a seller make a profit selling stamps? He/she can't buy them at a discount and the buyer wouldn't pay more than face value. Where's the profit opportunity or reason to sell?

 

[RunningBum]

How can a seller make a profit selling stamps? He/she can't buy them at a discount and the buyer wouldn't pay more than face value. Where's the profit opportunity or reason to sell?

They make it up on volume.

Maybe they bought forever stamps before the last price increase, and now are selling them between the two prices? That's all I can think of, and I'd think you could invest the money better over that time.

 

[youbet]

They make it up on volume.

Maybe they bought forever stamps before the last price increase, and now are selling them between the two prices? That's all I can think of, and I'd think you could invest the money better over that time.

Yeah, unless there is some wrinkle we aren't thinking of, the whole deal is suspicious. It's like someone stopping you on the street and offering to sell you $20 bills for $19 each. I wouldn't do it. Something has to be wrong.

I wonder if the stamp seller's entire profit is/was derived from short-shipping people like broadway.

I really try to avoid buying things where I don't understand how the seller is making his profit.

 

[Souschef]

How can a seller make a profit selling stamps? He/she can't buy them at a discount and the buyer wouldn't pay more than face value. Where's the profit opportunity or reason to sell?

With Forever stamps you could buy them before the price went up then resell at close to face value.

 

[Blue Collar Guy]

How can a seller make a profit selling stamps? He/she can't buy them at a discount and the buyer wouldn't pay more than face value. Where's the profit opportunity or reason to sell?

He makes money by short changing people. The guy is a cheat.

 

[UnrealizedPotential]

How can a seller make a profit selling stamps? He/she can't buy them at a discount and the buyer wouldn't pay more than face value. Where's the profit opportunity or reason to sell?

By only giving customers 7 sets of stamps instead of the 9 they ordered.