On the day of the midterm elections, Frank Ocean surprised fans (as he does) with three politically pointed episodes of his “blonded RADIO” Beats 1 show. After the first one aired on Tuesday morning, Ocean revealed on his Tumblr that he would be giving away a limited number of free T-shirts in Atlanta, Miami, Houston, and Dallas—if fans showed up with proof of voting. His reasoning behind the locations was explained through quick candidate endorsements: vote Stacey Abrams for Georgia governor, Andrew Gillum for Florida governor, and Beto O’Rourke for one of Texas’ senators. Both the shirts and the consolation stickers (for when the shirts inevitably ran out) were emblazoned with “42%,” the percentage of eligible voters who stayed home during the 2016 presidential elections. When the poll results started streaming in on Tuesday night, so did the resale postings. On platforms like eBay, Depop, and Grailed, the tee was listed for as much as $450, the sticker as high as $40. So far, it looks like shirts have sold for up to $250.

The Frank Ocean merch economy has boomed in the past two years. In August 2016, he surprise-dropped Blonde by posting the address of four pop-up locations around the world, where people rushed to pick up a free CD copy of the album along with a hefty 360-page zine called Boys Don’t Cry. (The zines immediately popped up on eBay, going for hundreds of dollars; an unopened zine and CD pack can still fetch up to $600 today.) Since then, Frank has distributed other kinds of merchandise in special and limited ways. On Black Friday 2016, he released a limited quantity of free shirts that read “100% Off,” which never became available again. That same day, he made vinyl and CD versions of Blonde available to buy for 24 hours only. Last Black Friday, he briefly sold a “Worldnet” hoodie, as well as physical editions of Endless on the following Cyber Monday. Due to their #rare nature, this Frank Ocean merch still sells for pretty steep amounts of money: People are willing to pay $100 for Endless vinyls and $400 for Black Friday Blonde 2xLP vinyls.

Resellers are often seen as malicious and exploitative, profiting off the high demand for sold-out concert tickets. But I wondered if there could be a silver lining to this whole ordeal. What if Frank Ocean actually got some of these teen hypebeast reseller bros to take political action? The day after the election, I chatted with ten resellers of the Frank Ocean midterm T-shirt, ranging in age from 18 to 50. Some were flipping veterans looking to supplement their income, while others were only selling because the available sizes didn’t fit. Many had thoughts on the midterms.

The majority of participants I spoke with said they had already voted before they heard about the merch promotion, with many of them taking advantage of early voting or absentee voting. Ashley, a 21-year-old student at the University of Texas at Dallas who is selling her shirt for $250, said she submitted an all-Democrat ballot on the first day early voting was available, and admired Frank’s efforts to mobilize his fans. “I definitely think Frank’s message was to encourage those who normally don't vote, particularly minorities, to go out and vote so that they could be represented in government,” she wrote in a Depop message.