Of course it has.
This is a very profitable business model.
The cost of the product is FREE. So, whatever they sell it for is 100% profit.
The real cost is to the local consumer. The local merchants where the goods are stolen from has to increase their margin to maintain their NET profit margin. If they don’t, they will be forced to close.
Which is eventually what corporate retailers like CVS/Walgreens, etc do when there is too much loss at specific locations.
NY will still reap the sales tax revenue from the NY sellers on ebay