It probably varies by region but the resellers at my local goodwill are all like young moms and fresh immigrants who spend hours sifting through piles of garbage to make the smallest profit ever. I’ve never really understood why I’m supposed to hate these people when they engage in the mildest form of arbitrage around. Like 95% of it is going to end up in a landfill anyway, who cares?
Some things are easier to do as a side job than as a main job if you have enough money to live on to start with. Any amount of variability or risk is automatically cushioned until you hit profitability.
Or not. I’ve seen idiots play big business boy before and come out way negative and they keep going. It’s not a side hustle for them, it’s a hobby pretending to be a side hustle the way they do it.
It probably varies by region but the resellers at my local goodwill are all like young moms and fresh immigrants who spend hours sifting through piles of garbage to make the smallest profit ever. I’ve never really understood why I’m supposed to hate these people when they engage in the mildest form of arbitrage around. Like 95% of it is going to end up in a landfill anyway, who cares?
In my area its mainly well-off yuppies doing it as a “side hustle”.
If they’re so well off then why are they doing it
Some things are easier to do as a side job than as a main job if you have enough money to live on to start with. Any amount of variability or risk is automatically cushioned until you hit profitability.
Or not. I’ve seen idiots play big business boy before and come out way negative and they keep going. It’s not a side hustle for them, it’s a hobby pretending to be a side hustle the way they do it.
One could ask the same about billionaires
I don’t see billionaires at the thrift shop (I assume)
These apples aren’t orange!
it’s a hobby for a lot of people
In my area it’s affluent kids who push around immigrant moms in order to find anything worth reselling