Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Resell for $2,000+

Meta’s been pushing smart glasses hard since partnering with Ray-Ban, but the Display adds actual visual output through micro-LED projectors built into the lenses. Users can see notifications, navigation directions, and AI responses without pulling out their phone.

The neural band is the real differentiator though. It reads nerve signals in your wrist to detect finger movements, letting you control the glasses by tapping your fingers together or adjust the volume by twisting an invisible dial.

Meta also soft-requires an in-person fitting to buy a pair. Their website funnels you to schedule an appointment at a participating retailer to get properly fitted, which means casual online ordering is basically out. This creates a significant barrier to entry that (theoretically) limits the number of units hitting the resale market.

Allegedly, the fitting is required to make sure the supplemental neural band works as intended. In practice, it’s a fairly minor hoop to jump through and we’re seeing reports of people buying their Display glasses without a fitting.

Note that if you already scheduled a demo, many retailers are disregarding their appointments and selling these on a first-come, first-serve basis like any other hot product.

Availability is very spotty. You can check a list of local retailers here, and you’d be smart to call ahead and check stock before heading out. Finding a pair isn’t impossible, but it’s not getting any easier.

Trust us, this flip is worth the effort. When we covered the Display last month, we were a little nervous about the in-store fitting requirement but still confident that they’d flip for a profit.

Well, we were right. Very right. Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses have absolutely exploded on the secondary market, with resellers getting as much as $2,000 for a single pair.

And things were even hotter on launch day. We saw resellers flipping their pairs for as much as $3,500 at a time, netting thousands of dollars from a single flip. Of course, as more sellers joined the market, prices came down, but it goes to show that being early can be pretty damn lucrative.

In the past we’ve seen certain limited edition releases like the Ferrari Scuderia collab or recent Transparent Ruby Red drop resell for a profit, but this drop is different. It’s the tech behind the glasses that’s making them move, not just a brand logo.

Most retailers offer returns for these, however Best Buy is charging a 15% restocking fee on opened products. Factor that in before blowing a paycheck.