I found a wholesaler that sells swords, knives, and other weapons. Is there anything legally stopping me from buying a bunch of swords and knives, and selling them for a profit to pawn shops?
Congratulations, you’re trying to become a distributor.
I do this already… be wary of how often you sell. I single handedly over saturated an entire regional market once lol
I’m going to try to say this in the kindest way possible. But your plan is possibly the least thought through plan i’ve read today. This is coming from someone who likes to trade sports cards, literal pieces of shiny cardboard.
Of all the odd money making schemes I come across on reddit each day, I think this takes the trophy.
Buying wholesale swords, and going to pawn shops to try to convince them they are getting a deal by hoping the find the price of a certain sword listed on 1-2 specific websites for the already niche group of people that would buy swords.
And on top of that, thinking that you wouldn’t saturate the market in literally 1 go (if you could somehow trick them into buying the first round anyway). You can’t seriously believe people would be buying up those swords from the pawn shops after you sell it so that you can go and sell more to said pawn shops right…?
How good is your connection with your wholesaler? Is this name branded product? Have you tried advertising yourself as a supplier in that industry? You could create a one-page website as your business card. Note below the page: wholesale pricing available please inquire.
Deal with local specialty stores, you might get a nice income if you partner with someone who knows more about your product.
I heard Bort license plates sell better
This is literally called Arbitrage and it’s totally ok. I wonder if those pawn shops will BUY them or PAWN them. I guess they are quite different in nature.