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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 116390, member: 1262&quot;]From my limited perspective as a collector who attends estate auctions and goes to thrift shops, book sales, and church rummage sales fairly often I&#039;ve been noticing an noticeable increase in the number of flippers out there with their scanners and smartphones checking everything with a barcode. Is it the poor economy that is causing this or is their a new reality show out there causing hoards of newbie flippers to get into the thrifting and retail arbitrage game? I&#039;ve heard that the thrift shops in town are hiking their prices and sending all the good stuff to be sold online due to these hoards of re-sellers who seem to be everywhere now, I guess the thrifts think that if anybody is going to be profiting on the items that are donated to them, that it should be them not the flippers. I don&#039;t have anything against people that are using their knowledge to make an easy buck, heck I might even join them if I thought I could make it in such an oversaturated market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts?</p><p>Joe2007[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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