Nothing, unless you are one of the ones driving up prices on lower-end bikes and making cycling LESS accessible for people. Not to single you out, just a good question needing answered.[/QUOTE]
Flippers can not drive up prices. They can ask any amount they want. If nobody is willing to pay them for it, they have to lower the price or watch it not sell. When they lower their price to the point that someone buys it, you have reached an equilibrium. It may seem like they are raising the prices, but, in reality, the person that ends up buying the bike was willing to pay what you are not.