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Persistent Ebayer wants to deal privately

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youmechooz

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These arguments are terrible. :D

 

Not an argument just a question to you -

 

Lots of LCSs have Ebay stores as well. If I saw something on their Ebay store I wanted, the next time I stop in I could walk in and ask to see it in-hand.

 

At that point - am I an off-the-street face-to-face LCS customer of theirs or am I an Ebay customer still bound by Ebay policy agreements?

I meant the argument that if someone tried to save $400 out of $5,000, then they shouldn't be buying the book. That's a terrible argument and not relevant to the discussion.

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(1) Your paraphrase is a misrepresentation of what I wrote. (2) If it's a "terrible argument" then the burden is on you to show why, rather than just labeling it "terrible." (3) How is it not relevant to the discussion when it directly addresses the example given?

 

So to clarify: I didn't say they shouldn't buy the book just because they want to save -- there's nothing wrong with haggling or doing a best offer within the boundaries of the selling scenario you're in. What I wrote was that if you're in a position where you're willing to step over a contractual/ethical boundary in order to save $400 on a deal, but you're unable to pay the additional $400 if that ethical boundary is maintained, then you need to question whether you really can afford the book to begin with. Which is a completely different thing than your paraphrase of my statement.

saving 400 is saving 400. ethical boundary be damned.

have any of you white people dealt with Asians or Indians before?

jeez.

contract. ethical.

lots of wildly_fanciful_statement being thrown around.

 

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Doohickamabob

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saving 400 is saving 400. ethical boundary be damned.

have any of you white people dealt with Asians or Indians before?

jeez.

contract. ethical.

lots of wildly_fanciful_statement being thrown around.

 

No need for me to respond. You've dug your own hole here.

 

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CAHokie

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Bird has me on Ignore as well and I made a late birthday thread for him after his birthday was skipped in Comics General and reformatted several avatars of his favorite character for him to give him a "face". lol

 

Yeah, there are a lot of people who have no appreciation for other people that do nice things for them. :sorry:

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Bird

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Yeah, there are a lot of people who have no appreciation for other people that do nice things for them. :sorry:

 

You've been close to getting a ticket to Toggleville yourself! :sumo::D

 

Ignore, not ignore, it's all good. I wish all well.

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youmechooz

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saving 400 is saving 400. ethical boundary be damned.

have any of you white people dealt with Asians or Indians before?

jeez.

contract. ethical.

lots of wildly_fanciful_statement being thrown around.

 

No need for me to respond. You've dug your own hole here.

I did Braxton. I did.

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MetalPSI

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saving 400 is saving 400. ethical boundary be damned.

have any of you white people dealt with Asians or Indians before?

jeez.

contract. ethical.

lots of wildly_fanciful_statement being thrown around.

 

No need for me to respond. You've dug your own hole here.

I did Braxton. I did.

 

lol What a person_who_is_obnoxiously_self-impressed. You really aren't empathetic are you?

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VintageComics

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I put doing deals off of E-Bay in the same category as speeding 8 miles over the speed limit - I know it's not the "right" thing to do but in most cases I don't have a moral problem doing it. Just one of those grey items in life I guess.

 

I'd love to have everything sell on E-Bay at my asking price but sometimes a buyer will want 20% off and I can't go that low since E-Bay is taking 10% off the top. Drop the 10% fee and the 20% discount becomes doable.

 

It's stealing. There's a difference between stealing and going "8 miles over the speed limit."

 

As 'fro said, if you don't want to pay the fees, don't use the service.

 

I sell things to CGC board members through eBay on a regular basis. It sucks, but that's the way it goes.

who gives a mess.

it aint stealing Andrew and keep doing you boo boo.

 

 

You said you were going to do something (agree to their terms) and you didn't do it. It is stealing.

 

I've done it in the past. Many people have. And I knew it was wrong while I was doing it but you justify it to yourself based on your circumstances.

 

The 'driving over the yellow line' analogy doesn't really hold water. It's harmless when there is nobody on the road but if there is a car coming in the opposite direction then driving over the yellow line becomes a big deal.

 

In similar manner, no harm no foul if eBay doesn't know but if they find out all of a sudden it does matter.

 

 

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