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AnonymousGotta love people like peterp that buy into the Gordon Gecko greed is good at all costs mentality.
>>>>LOL, yikes. Lighten up, Jay. You're applying the "evil capitalist" argument to an eBay discount day. I think you're losing perspective here. No need to be insulting either.
I don't begrudge anyone making a profit, but there has to be some point at which morals and personal ethics need to step up and supercede the need to make a buck. This is broad, general statement and not one about Wheat, or his practices.
>>>>Well, since we're talking specifically about Wheat and eBay here, I'm assuming this statement does apply (or at least include) these two parties. I'm not sure why Wheat is lacking in morals and ethics for taking advantage of discount days. I took advantage of eBay US's anniversary discount day last night and listed some auctions I was thinking about listing sometime this week. Now, if we want to talk about Wheat not being the best businessman by refusing to budge on his prices, that's a different story. And eBay discounting is no different than any company putting coupons in the Sunday paper or marking down prices for a week in the supermarket.
The perfect example was a discussion I had with a stock broker many moons ago. I asked him how he would like it if someone got his mother to invest in a crappy stock? He said he wouldn't and that he make sure to that it wouldn't happened to her. I then asked him why he felt it was OK for him to sell crappy stocks to someone else's mother. He said that was different because it was his job and he needed to make a living too. I then asked him why his mother should be exempt and he stumped for an answer that made any sense.
>>>>>Well, there you go, that proves....uh....something, I think.
Or how about the execs that have no qualms about polluting the air and water but would never be caught dead living anywhere near their plants for that same exact reason.
I'll get off my soap box now.
>>>>>Yes, please.
Jay- is the hippie in me showing thru yet?
>>>>>A hippie who likes money enough to spend lots of it on vintage stuff, yeah.