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by jaggs 796 days ago
I think this is a great idea. eBay did something vaguely similar when it introduced local agents who would sell stuff for a cut of the sell price. I used it and it was really useful for people like me who hate packing boxes working out post etc etc. I have a ton of stuff I'd love to get rid of if it was frictionless.

Maybe the existing delivery gig network could be used? Uber, Deliveroo etc? I like the idea of donation or paying for disposal, because that makes sense.

I guess it could start small if you could find a garage to store it in?

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Local agents is cool. I remember seeing a store in Berlin a decade ago where you could rent some display space and sell your stuff there
I'm positive there's a business case, need here somewhere. The only problem is working out how to do it efficiently. I also saw a warehouse operation near me some years back which offered an eBay re-sale service. It went out of business after a year or so. Maybe the margins or product values are too low? Hence the need for massive scale?