Seller sues dealer/buyer for a high flip

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by G1911

I am sure many will say it. But life teaches that very very few would actually choose the moral horse over hundreds of thousands of dollars when offered directly to them without any coercion or illegalities or proposing it themselves.

Congratulations to those of you who are paragons of human virtue and would never take such an offer.

There are many who would say, if only to themselves, they would hand over the cash and take the card. I'm fairly certain, though, even some of those folks would change course at the moment of truth.

It's really not a moral high horse or some "perfect man or a liar" situation. It's just one possible course of action. For me, and others I'm sure, it's the one that makes the most sense.

And sure, there are some who would profess (publicly or otherwise) they'd do the right thing. Then, when the opportunity arose, they would silently grab the card and high-tail it out of there.

Like many "big" decisions in life, we don't really know what we'll do until confronted with the choice. I believe, however, it would be folly to think everyone would make the same choice when presented with a situation like this.

[Ima Pseudonym]

Originally Posted by Eric72

There are many who would say, if only to themselves, they would hand over the cash and take the card. I'm fairly certain, though, even some of those folks would change course at the moment of truth.

It's really not a moral high horse or some "perfect man or a liar" situation. It's just one possible course of action. For me, and others I'm sure, it's the one that makes the most sense.

And sure, there are some who would profess (publicly or otherwise) they'd do the right thing. Then, when the opportunity arose, they would silently grab the card and high-tail it out of there.

Like many "big" decisions in life, we don't really know what we'll do until confronted with the choice. I believe, however, it would be folly to think everyone would make the same choice when presented with a situation like this.

If I absolutely knew that something was worth "x", I would offer a reasonable percentage of that -- even if the sticker price was pennies on the dollar.

However, if I was unsure about the value of something, and I merely suspected that it might be more valuable, then I'd be perfectly fine picking it up for pennies. In this case, the risk and expense for research was 100% on the antiques guy. He deserves the windfall.

I have no sympathy for the person who KNOWS the authenticity and provenance of an item and simply chooses to ignore it.