killamch89 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 18 hours ago, skyfire said: Indeed, scalpers, stock issues and also the issues with our own jobs are kind of destroying our capacity to even risk buying anything new. For me, it's the scalpers that cause the most issue. They buy up most of the stocks so we end up with this shortage of supply and sell at absurd prices which most of us aren't prepared to pay so we end up having to wait 3-6 months before we can get what we want at close to MSRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Yeah and the issue for the same is that ebay like platforms are serving them. I think world has to get rid of such platforms selling such hard to get items in bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/29/2021 at 6:41 AM, skyfire said: Yeah and the issue for the same is that ebay like platforms are serving them. I think world has to get rid of such platforms selling such hard to get items in bulk. Ebay and others are making lots of money from this so that's why they turn a blind eye to all of this. If it became a financial burden, it would be addressed immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 I guess so. Besides unless ebay gets cheated in this they would not bother even looking into this part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 18 hours ago, skyfire said: I guess so. Besides unless ebay gets cheated in this they would not bother even looking into this part. eBay is earning far more money since the pandemic as opposed to years before where they were seeing a somewhat steady decline. Of course, they wouldn't pay it much mind and besides, there's no laws that force them to stop price gouging by scalpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Yeah ebay is the one that started the alixpress to US and UK market imports. the moment china adds some tax, ebay is first to go bankrupt paying those taxes lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 8/10/2021 at 6:58 AM, skyfire said: Yeah ebay is the one that started the alixpress to US and UK market imports. the moment china adds some tax, ebay is first to go bankrupt paying those taxes lol. The US does already add taxes for such purchases but those are normally passed on to the consumer so that definitely won't bankrupt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 7:10 AM, killamch89 said: The US does already add taxes for such purchases but those are normally passed on to the consumer so that definitely won't bankrupt them. Yeah that is from US front end but the moment aliexpress becomes exclusive then dropship front ends like ebay would be getting tax issues from china side, and not US side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
