eBay guilt

From: foo <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed May 10 12:21:51 2000

On Wed, 10 May 2000, Mike Ford wrote:

> I was just thinking (sorry won't happen again) that maybe what is behind
> much of the antieBay sentiment, and denial of the market prices eBay tends
> to set, is guilt over paying so little for items from other sources. If an
> item routinely sells for $3000 on eBay and you get one just to haul it away
> from some poor unsuspecting person, didn't you steal from them?

Steal what? Air?

What if you didn't know they routinely sold for $3000 on eBay either?
Have you then stolen from them in that case?

What if the person was glad to see it go in any case? What have you stole
from them then?

Why do you characterize such people as "poor" or "unsuspecting"? Of
course, I can't deny there is a sense of having taken advantage of someone
(hey, I can be human too...sometimes) but why should I go out of my way to
part ways with $3,000?

Sellam
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 12:21:51 BST