Post #38796 by Kailuageoff on Thu, Jun 12, 2003 1:04 PM

I'd like to extend SugarCaddyDaddy's ethical question a bit and see if it still holds water for people who thing that the buyer/seller under question is "unethical" or lacking morals for their capitalist behavior.

Here's an example:

Everyone knows I live in Orlando based on my profile. There are many of us from Central Florida here on TC. If I stop into an Orlando thrift store and see a Ren Clark Severed Head mug for $5.00, and I already have one in my collection, should I:

1. Buy it immediately, then call up another Orlando based TC member who has been searching for this mug for years and offer it to him (or her) for $5.00?

2. Buy it immediately and turn it around for hundreds of dollars on eBay, knowing that a fellow Orlando based tiki central member has been searching for this mug for years (and I already have one)?

The correct answer would be "1".
KG -- Orlando

Seriously though, I see stuff all the time that I already have in my collection and pass it by. Granted many of the mugs go for something more than $5, but not much more. If I saw something I know to be rare that I already had, I would buy it and stick on ebay. No more silent auctions, even though that experience turned out well for the buyer.

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2003-06-13 09:55 ]