While in the computer lab today, I watched a lady surf through ebay for several hours while I worked on my research paper. I wasn't really sure what she was doing, but I continued to watch her to see if she was buying or selling. She kept printing things off, and I was thinking how weird that was because there's really no need to print ebay pages. Listings change so often and most transaction are electronic and easy with paypal.
But I finally figured out she was reseaching recent costs on some electronics items that sold and was keeping track of their prices. Then she was going to other websites like overstock.com to see if they had the items listed. Kind of an interesting business. Buy from a discount website and then list it on ebay.com. Not too much different from me purchasing textbooks online and then selling them to the bookstore at school. Still feels a bit unethical.
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