<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gigatron @ Dec 11 2006, 09:56 AM) [snapback]1375568[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MattMunson @ Dec 11 2006, 05:24 PM) [snapback]1375554[/snapback]
In my mind, it's a personal ethics choice.
IIRC, the nature of the thread on the RPF was VERY MUCH in the spirit of "I'm offering them here and giving you guys a price break". The idea behind this is to "give something back" to the community, in the form of a few bucks off the price.
The motivation is NOT to provide RPF members with an opportunity to turn around and sell the piece at retail price for a profit.
BUT, just because that's the motivation of the seller, doesn't mean your ethical compass has to respect it. Personally, if it was me, I think the better move from a political perspective would be to offer the piece in the junkyard for what you paid for it. It shows that you have some respect for the seller, and that you have some respect for this weird little family we have here called the RPF. It shows that you're not trying to make a quick buck, or gouge buyers.
However, you're under no legal obligation to do that. Maybe not even a moral obligation, depending on how you see things.
While i can understand the position of the seller, i don't know if there's any real "action" he can take from a legal standpoint.
But ask yourself this: if you sold something you built in the junkyard for 50 bucks, and the buyer turned around and sold it for 100, would you be pissed??
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Matt, generally I would agree with you on this point, but from re-reading the email that the seller sent Chingon, it looks as if Chingon is selling it at or below the price he paid for it in the JY. He's not making a profit or ripping anyone off (since we don't have a link to the auction, I don't know what chingon is selling it at, but it's obviously less than the $250 that the seller is selling his for).
I think in this case, the seller is mad because he's essentially competing against himself. If Chingon removes his, then people would have to buy it from the seller at a price of $250 which means he would have sold $475 worth of merchandise. If someone buys the gun from Chingon, the seller has only sold $225 worth of merchandise.
He's not mad that someone is profiteering from his genorisity, but that he is being beaten in price on his own product. I could understand why he's upset, but Chingon is guilty of nothing more than bad timing. Assuming this guy doesn't continuously have a gun for sale, how long do we have to wait before we can sell our own property at a loss or at most, zero gain?
-Fred
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Fred
You are correct. I'm selling the BR Blaster for $200, which is less than what I paid for it. Also, the only reason I listed it on eBay and didn't offer it directly here was that I figured that any RPF member who wanted one had already purchased one through nick. I did plug my auction here and at another prop board, though. Guess I just figured it'd be good to cover all my bases, just in case.
Either way, at this point, I really do think the guy is making a mountain out of a moehill and for him to even suggest that he was going to "take action" was pretty laughable.
