Wednesday 11 May 2016

How Can Carousell SG Pay the Rent?


When I look at Carousell now (12.20 am Thurs), I sigh.

I want to move out to a new apartment, but where to get the money?

How can Carousell pay the rent & put food on the table?

I see the seller selling a certain branded bag. She sold 7 more in about 3 days. She gives free registered post. Each bag I calculate she makes just about $12 or so. That's a total of $84.  I sigh holding my calculator. How is this going to pay for anything?

She has to sell 7 over a few days to get just $84. Groceries alone cost at least $30 per day (always more). 

Why do Carousell sellers price their items so low? They shoot themselves in the foot & spoil market.  If you charge too little, make too little profit, it's not enough to buy new stock let alone save up. What happens is that you are just patching a hole & keep patching that same hole without making any real profit. Such a "business" is not worth doing. 

Additionally, such sellers ruin the market, spoil the customers. 

There are many sellers selling the same bags that she sells, at about the same prices. Why does she get all the business?  She only opened a few months ago.

And she don't even have the stock.

Not only crazy buyers on Carousell SG. Crazy sellers also quite a few.  Such sellers might as well just give away their items. Waste of time & money to import the stock + handling time +  transport cost etc...



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