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    Episode 724: Cat Scam

    The internet was supposed to get rid of middlemen--but instead there are more than ever. Today on the show, we look into how one sneaky strategy, dropship arbitrage, is taking over Amazon and Ebay.
    by Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 13, 2019 1 minute
    Fred and Natasha Ruckel's cat, Yoda, sits on top of the Ripple Rug. The Ripple Rug was the subject of a classic middleman scheme involving eBay and Amazon.

    Note: This episode originally ran in 2016.

    Fred and Natasha Ruckel invented a cat toy called the Ripple Rug. It's like a scrunched up doormat

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