To sell on a product at a huge profit?

[GotMyGoat]

So AIBU to bulk buy, say, a commercial horse hay, repackage it into smaller bags and resell it to small pet owners at a huge profit?

Are there laws against reselling branded products in your own bags etc?

I wouldn't have thought so - you are having the inconvenience of storing and processing the hay, supplying packaging etc - not at all unreasonable that you make a profit from that.

Isn't this what lots of small businesses do?!

Not illegal at all, do just be aware that small animals are more prone to dust and coughing from hay. If you wouldn't feed it to a horse, it's not suitable for other animals either

Oh - that's good to hear!

I use this horse feed for my rabbits, it's brilliant stuff. I've got the room to stockpile it though..

Hmmm ... Potters off into the world of business

Thank you!

'Tis folk like you who will get us out of the economic doldrums

You can do it with shavings too, a big bale will do about 10 small bags of shavings worth £2 each!

My local feed merchant does hay at £1 a bag (1 section) straw at 50p a bag to give you an idea of prices, hay is about £3.50 a bale and straw about £1.75 a bale to give you some idea.
Stuff is worth what people are prepared to pay and many people with small animals just don't have space to store a full bale of hay or straw, and it would take months for them to use it.

Rabbits like hay for beds but they eat it and you have to keep making beds.

Cakeme- Happy to be flying the flag :)

Rabbits like to eat hay, sleep on hay... wee and poo on hay... they can get through a lot of the stuff.

looking at the earn £1k a day thread I'm obviously not looking big enough though!

kim -m potatoes you say...

I thought this was going to be one of those threads about buying from a charity shop and selling on - but it isn't and agree with others, well done for your entrepreneurial spirit!

YANBU, in fact YAB very business minded.

Rabbits like sleeping on straw too and it's a lot cheaper! Top tip, buy a hay rack for the rabbit and use straw for bedding and hay for eating. Also the straw doesnt squash as easily as hay so you can make a nice big nest in the sleeping bit in the winter and they can be all cosy in there.

The problem I find with straw, is that the rabbits eat that too, and it's not as nutritionally good for them, so they get full up on straw and don't eat as much hay.. and you loose the wonderful golden poops - but there we go. We have hay racks galore (actually plant hanging baskets - as they are bigger!)

I'm quite excited, have been reading up on ebay business seller accounts and HMRC self employedness.

Yes I have plant hanging baskets too, much cheaper and easier to fill. Agree with what you are saying to a degree about the straw, but in all honesty, I've never had any of my small animals lose condition, I use the burgess pellets and I find I have to limit them r they are overweight!

Oh rogersmelly, you can be my bunny friend if you like

Bun-aholics anonymous lol