Buying just to flip

[Malren]

Let’s say you walk into a boutique and see there is a “hot” or semi “hot” piece available for purchase. However you currently aren’t looking for a new purchase for yourself or you don’t even like the piece, but the premium difference at going grey is obvious. Would you purchase it just to immediately flip? Or is that a big no no that will potentially harm the relationship with the boutique? (although not sure how fast or if at all they will figure it out and it might even strength the relationship as you did make a purchase at the end of the day).

What are your thoughts?