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06-24-2012, 10:19 PM | #21 |
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I understand what you're saying. Trust me I do. But it's still scalping nonetheless. Scalping is selling anything above cost to turn a profit. The thing is we only look at scalpers like you described them- going around buying up stuff they have no intentions of keeping to turn a quick profit. But no matter how you look at it that's exactly what is going on. Just because you keep one for yourself doesn't change the fact that scalping is defined as buying something simply to turn a profit. Like I said I have no problem with it, I've done it myself. I just hate when people bad mouth scalpers but then make excuses when they do the exact same thing.
That's not "scalping" Buying two figures for $10 and selling BOTH for $20 each = $20 profit and not having them in your collection That's "scalping" |
06-24-2012, 10:21 PM | #22 |
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That's capitalism. God bless America!!
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06-24-2012, 10:24 PM | #23 |
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06-24-2012, 10:24 PM | #24 |
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end consumer pays 20 dollars for 10 dollar product = 10 dollar profit to seller
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06-24-2012, 10:27 PM | #25 |
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06-24-2012, 10:28 PM | #26 |
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buy low sell high, ancient secret to success.
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06-24-2012, 10:37 PM | #27 |
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Right you end up with a figure where the guy that payed 20 for one felt he had to pay that price because you got to the store (retail or online) before he could. That is what we dislike about those we call scalpers. Weather you call yourself a scalper or not you are takeing the availability of an item out of a group of peoples grasp counting on a fraction of them to desire the item enough to pay more for it.
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06-24-2012, 10:40 PM | #28 |
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Do you seriously fail to grasp that your profit is the figure?
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06-24-2012, 10:41 PM | #29 |
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it is like buying two apples at once with the expectation that your apple will be free if you sell the other apple for twice as much, basically you spent your profit before you had it.
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06-24-2012, 10:54 PM | #30 |
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