Originally Posted by
groovinjello
Several years ago I had a friend who would take trips to Asia, while there buy a bunch of trinkets and "collectibles" and bring them back to sell on eBay. This pretty much paid for the cost of the trip and a little extra cash. It was by no means enough for a full time job.
I've heard others talk about buying up things in the US, like Jeans or other hot fashion items and selling them in Europe, etc. Or buying Jeans in Japan and selling them in the states.
Understanding that there are customs laws and assuming these people abided by those laws, does anyone here have experience in this type of travel funding? Is there another name for it that I might be missing when I do my Google/forum search?
Cheers,
GJ
I knew someone on a few of my trips to Asia who would buy fake designer headphones to sell in the US - besides the ethics involved with doing this, they did not make a huge amount of money even passing them off as real.
I may be in the dark about this topic, but would be surprised if this is possible to do with a lot of items. From my travels I have never run into many products that are significantly priced differently then in my home market (my home market being the US) to make this strategy work (unless of course you buy a huge amount of that product - but then getting it back home may be an issue). I think the easiest way would be to buy fake products and then try to sell them as real to get the best return, but I would not say a very ethical thing to do
