Matt...
it`s business mate...sourcing a product in demand, buying up in bulk and selling on at a profit...
A bit like a window cleaning round.
you source a product in demand (dirty windows)
you buy up in bulk (building up a round)
you sell on at a profit (your charges to the customer)
You, me, no-one on here cleans windows to do anyone a favour...we do it because it is what we have chosen to do to earn an income.
We COULD go out and charge just enough to pay our bills and put food in the cupbpaords etc...that is survival living and does not provide a comfortable standard of living for our families...so what do we do??
We go out and MAXIMISE profits from the available hours we have in a day in which to work.
The result is PROFIT in any other language...
EVERYONE on Ebay is out to make profit...they have a right to and good luck to them.
No different to anyone else running a business...including us.
All the big suppliers work in EXACTLY the same way in PRINCIPLE...source parts at the cheapest price (whilst maintaining quality) and sell them on to the customer at a big mark up...
A company stands or falls on its profit margins.
I am a single person company and I stand or fall on MY profit margins.