significantly more than retail for the item he wanted to flip and sell quick....

And then was shocked that he couldn't pull it off...

Buying high isn't a way to profit.

But I guess that is how a leftist thinks that is how business should be run.

But high and hope there is someone more stupid out there to buy higher...

Didn't he even TRY to negotiate on the purchase price? Probably not, he was just assuming the quick buck would come his way regardless of his lack of research into the value of the goods he was buying.