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Re:28-year-old makes millions buying from Walmart, selling o... by WalterBright on Sunday November 05, 2017 @03:49PM (#15631471)
Back in the 80's, it was practical to buy software packages in the US and resell them in Europe at a substantial markup. After a while, more and more businessmen started doing this until the price differential disappeared. Classic arbitrage.
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Re:28-year-old makes millions buying from Walmart, selling o... by cjsuk on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:33PM (#15631745)
My father did this. Also he imported stuff from Taiwan and crudely ported the software for European market for a 200% markup. Literally unpack, throw a floppy disk in it, pack, sell.
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