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To provide some background, one needs to understand the United States is vast geographically. Driving for 2 hours over 100 miles (160 kms) is considered normal to a lot of people. That creates a huge gap among the poor and the middle class in terms of resources. I live in Chicago, and it is very, very easy to get a user couch in great condition for under $100 because the supply is plenty. People here can afford to get rid of their barely used furniture for whatever reason they like.

On the other hand, people living in the poor, rural areas have no access to this supply of cheap quality used goods. And they don't have the means to leave.

I would suppose opening up a business that transfer used goods from the rich area to poor area and capitalize on the margin would be a great idea in a lot of ways.




If you can drive over to Aaron's to get a couch, you can drive to someone's on craigslist to buy one (or have them bring it to you for an extra $20)


> live in Chicago

I imagine if you were patient enough you'd find a really good couch on Craigslist free section.




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