Ethical Buying & Selling on Ebay in Relation to TC - Collecting Tiki

M MauiTiki Member A rock in the middle of the Ocean Joined: Jan 20, 2003 Posts: 716	M MauiTiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 9:35 PM OK, I have a real scenerio for you. A TCer posted a mug and wanted to trade for another. I offered a choice of two mugs to trade for the one. The person wanted both my mugs and offered a second identical mug so they could have both my mugs. Are you following me? Anyhow I did the trade two for two and now I have two matching mugs as result of the trade. In my opinion I made out better than the person who I traded with, but they made the offer not me. Now I have two identical mugs with some value and am very tempted to sell one on e-bay. Is this unethical? Is it more ethical to try to trade it first? I feel bad selling it but I don't need two in my collection.

OK, I have a real scenerio for you. A TCer posted a mug and wanted to trade for another. I offered a choice of two mugs to trade for the one. The person wanted both my mugs and offered a second identical mug so they could have both my mugs. Are you following me?

Anyhow I did the trade two for two and now I have two matching mugs as result of the trade. In my opinion I made out better than the person who I traded with, but they made the offer not me.

Now I have two identical mugs with some value and am very tempted to sell one on e-bay.

Is this unethical? Is it more ethical to try to trade it first? I feel bad selling it but I don't need two in my collection.

Post #38670 by MauiTiki on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 9:35 PM