Selling laptops to Latin American consumers?
I have a friend who regularly purchases a laptop in the $1,500 range, travels to Brazil with it, and sells it for double the price. The profit pays for his plane ticket. Is there a way to do this legally with refurbished laptops through advertising on ebay or other public marketplace?
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Answer 1 :
You have to remember one thing. Laptops and digital camera equipment is 'cheap' in its own way here in the US compared to countries like the European East block, some African countries and South America. EBay is not going to do it since they are not trading there, even if the potential client can see it on line, the payments and delivery will be a problem. What will help [to the best of my knowledge] is to get someone on the other side to act as an agent or advertise directly with them and hope they don't answer in their native tongue! My mate from Romania is doing the exact same thing and he is making quite some good profit! They CAN get it cheaper if they search around, but if you can get it sold, why not!
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