Is it ethical to "source" items on Depop & resell for higher price?

Is the same as sourcing from thrift stores and then reselling, ethical I don’t really know, everyone has different opinions about this. I think reselling, no matter where we source is more ethical than buying fast fashion made by underpaid & overworked people. Did those shorts sell for that price? Because people can price however they want, doesn’t mean it will sell for that price. That’s why we do market / pricing research based on sold comps & not on active listings for sale. Sourcing from depop isn’t the best / smartest way unless is an item with a very high resell value, because of the shipping & extra fees when buying, and then the selling fees.

it's the same thing as going to goodwill for items to sell at a markup imo. i think it's lazy though to only find your stock through other depop shops, and money hungry to mark up something that much. people need the money and people do buy it

As a reseller I don't agree with the amount they are up charging but I know resellers usually price higher bc people are bound to send offers, not only that but also in case it doesn't sell and they end up marking it down to 50% off they'd still make a profit. If someone buys some y2k f21 shorts at the thrift for 3-5$ I would see like 40$ max being a reasonable reselling price. The high pricing is gonna put off buyers and after all everyone just wants to buy what they feel is a 'deal!.

I don't support it, i see people do that with juicy and hustler, all these dif brands. They are dirty. I'll proudly sell my free people for 20$, which is half of what people pay for stained hollister shorts 😂

Look if I put something in my shop, I'm just glad it sold. If someone else is able to get more money for it then I did, then good for them I guess. Maybe they have built more of a following than me, maybe they are happy for it to sit around longer than I am, maybe they get lucky. I don't care. I sold the item for a price I was happy with, what they do with it is up to them.

Honestly I'm happy because my item sold faster and I don't have to store it anymore. If any resellers want to come buy out my entire depop shop, please go for it.

Idk it's kinda slimy to buy on an app and then repost in the same app for a big markup, kind of a don't shit where you eat situation, but it's not something I would waste my energy being angry over.

As a buyer I recall a seller who had a lot of a particular type of item I was interested in so i had a lot of likes on items in their store. Then one day they all sold and magically popped up in someone else's store for 3× the price. I was like really, this bitch 😠🤣

But i guess I had the opportunity to buy at a good price and didn't so who am I to complain. But yeah definitely never buying from that person even if I really want something.

Only if the price makes sense lol. I literally only typically see this with VS yoga pants and similar items that simply aren’t worth as much as people price them at. Don’t get me wrong you can get a pretty penny but people charging $120 for a pair of yoga pants are delusional. I’m constantly seeing a pair sold for say $10 on Mercari then they’re on depop for $100 the next week. Those are the people I’m judging. But if someone has a juicy bag listed for $10 and someone buys it and resells it for $80, at least it makes sense.

hustle is hustle at the end of the day. you’ll get people who will literally cry and rant about resellers ruining stuff and people who will back them up with all their heart.

but at the end of the day it’s not really a big deal, people just love to play victim to resellers cos they’re cry babies. it’s the people who complain about sellers selling for high prices and come on this app to whinge about it that are the worst. people need to shut up and move on with their lives. if you wanna have a good audience on depop, put in the work like the rest of sellers do and research and learn the market before you sell your clothes for below market value.

if you don’t like the price, don’t buy it is the way i look at it. ain’t nothing wrong with tryna make as much as you can with what you’ve got, if you don’t, you’re only ripping yourself off

Ethics are for you to decide. You need to find what you think is right within your core set of values.

There are so many unethical things in this world that we face every single day. Should I drink water out of this single use bottle? Should I drive my car that is powered by fossil fuels today? Should I buy food at the store that was grown in deforested areas and then packed in styrofoam? Should I eat seafood when the oceans are 90% empty and coral reefs and dolphins were killed to get the fish? These are things worth pondering the ethics of and losing sleep over. Other people buying something online and selling it for a higher price is not worth worrying about.

I think it's fine to do so, because it relies on a lot of factors to be able to do it. Influence, reach, a gullible audience (sorry). I know a prominent vintage dealer on IG who does this kind of buy low sell high but she has a lot reach in the community and a wide clientele base with deep pockets and some finds that went to high profile people, so she can get away with it, despite all the grumblings in the community. She sources from exotic places her clients can't get to (cool grungy places in CA and TX and often travels abroad) which gives her listings a certain ~cache~ and she describes the pieces so dreamily and models them so well that it really makes any piece enticing, even if it's not.

If Depop girlies are getting away with it, it's the fault of the people buying their overpriced nonsense, and if they want to keep profiting off people with less sense than money, then I say let them. It feels scummy but tbh if someone wants to pay $200 for F21 shorts, they deserve to be scammed. I wouldn't do it, but it's funny to watch.