[ehnto]

I'm not sure I follow, maybe I misunderstand what the original commenter is doing, but it sounds like they are helping their community find and re-use old equipment which doesn't sound like a bad thing. Not many charities would take on that kind of stuff, and it would end up in the tip.

I'm from Aus if that helps, I would rather see that kind of stuff flow on to enthusiasts than get tossed.

I am however not a big fan of scalping or opportunistic/speculative profiteering. That does happen a lot with these kinds of second hand markets. But I am not seeing that being what the original commenter is doing, maybe I missed it though.