I think it is more than a "small profit." Their overhead in driving all over the country to get these phones has to be fairly substantial. It is almost 1,300 miles from Dallas to Michigan where they got nailed for this scam. And there is no shortage of Tracfones in Texas. I checked and they are available in abundance. But Wal-Mart says Homeland Security limits sales to two to a customer and they can't go through the line twice either.
They are using rental cars too.