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Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:14:00 GMT
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lpieniazek@#avoidspam#novera.com
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If there is no benefit to sellers, who is going to participate?
You can set up whatever scheme you want but unless there is motivation,
you're going to have a lot of buyers but no sellers. I know I certainly
would not sell for less than the most the market is willing to bear,
except in certain rare cases, to buyers that I don't already have some
non monetary relationship with.
Richard Franks wrote:
> Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily
> tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we ca
> think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable?
>
> Richard
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| (...) This is true, which is why I think a statutory 5-10% profit should be standard on such a system. That way sellers won't lose money, but they also won't feel guilty or profiteering by making a small amount. The way the proposed system works is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we can think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable? Richard (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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