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Subject:	Re: Honest Capitalism (Was Re: DYA -> eBay 8880 money-making scheme)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:13:14 GMT
Reply-To:	JOHNNEAL@USWEST.antispamNET
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Richard Franks wrote: > Well... in an/my ideal world(tm), everyone would get a fair share for each set, > at or near its retail value. Theoretically we could do this using a > Lugnet-based selling system that would favour a person who didn't already have > that set. And in an ideal world that person wouldn't turn around and sell it > for a huge markup on EBay. I am really amazed by your post. Ideal world? Don't you mean "heaven" because *nothing* like that will *ever* exist here on earth! Please think through what you are saying. Nobody sells things on Ebay "marked up". It is an *auction*. Whoever wants it the most will get it-- how can that be anymore fair? Are you just bitter because there are others who want something more than you? Grow up! > You could get around that by making Lugnet members enter into a legal > obligation not to resell Lugnet-sold sets, use Lugnet as a hub, and ID the box > somehow. There are lots of issues with this, feasibility, personal rights etc, > but it would mean that I could afford that 6277 I've always dreampt of, > mutilated box or not :) Oh - and it would be fair! This is total and complete nonsense. If you *really* want a 6277, go the distance man! But puleeze remember this: LIFE ISN'T FAIR period. Don't try to impose some insane system to try and make it that way! -John > >

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		Re: Honest Capitalism (Was Re: DYA -> eBay 8880 money-making scheme)
Richard's thinking is so muddy and his premises so out of touch with reality that it may be a waste of time to even talk about this any further, John. And if not, it's properly the topic for .debate where we have hashed it over and over. (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: Honest Capitalism (Was Re: DYA -> eBay 8880 money-making scheme)
(...) a) I made it obvious that it was a description of my idea of an ideal system. b) I pointedly described some of the problems with this. c) The first step towards making something better is to know where you want to go. If you believe that it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)

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		Re: Honest Capitalism (Was Re: DYA -> eBay 8880 money-making scheme)
(...) The "money making scheme" works on the 'Hard-to-find Lego Set Market', of which each rare set is a subset. I agree though that the supercar isn't as rare as it once was! (...) I think that was my point really - that until DYA finds 3 dozen (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)

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