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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

bucolic_frolic

(50,523 posts)

2. i expect a massive and initially unmeasured contraction

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 02:43 PM

Jan 2025

and it's underway already. Small businesses will be unwilling to take on new inventory due to uncertainty of selling it. I see eBay prices falling already for things I've bought, and light traffic. But if you can sell something and people pay, you can hold onto the money. That contracts the economy.