2009-03-04, 02:37 AM
Stereo Wrote:You would even consider keeping it?
Glad I don't live in your area.
I've ripped people off before (if an item is cheap in the FM or they drop traded it, I'm not gonna leave it), if they ask for the item back I return it. It's not that difficult.
When people trade me and offer items below their sale value, I agree and then pay the full price after they accept the trade. It may not be as profitable, but it makes me feel a lot better about my moral standards.
May not be as profitable? That's not earning you ANY profit at all, unless you're lucky enough to suddenly be in possession of an item that will inflate by some degree.
That's the whole point of how money is MADE in this world. You display what you're selling for the prices you're willing to accept, and people buy them or they don't. It's not like eBay goes around paying people when they buy, say, a brand-new Nintendo DS game for $10 cheaper than it is at Wal-Mart. That's why in any basic consumer education class, students are taught in invaluable rule of comparative shopping: don't buy something until you're sure it's the cheapest you can get it for. If GameStop sells a new Nintendo DS game for $35 and Wal-Mart is selling it for $40, they're not going to give you back $5 because you bought it there. Granted, they do price comparisons (aka if you bring proof that GameStop is selling for $35, they'll sell to you for $35), but they only do that if you ASK them too.
In other words, it's up to the consumer. Ever heard of the Consumer Bill of Rights? It lists both rules that vendors must abide by as well as consumers, and when you boil it down to basic buying and selling, so long as the vendor is following these rules they can do whatever they want. It's up to the consumer to know their rights and keep them in mind when purchasing items.
Honestly, it all comes down to the thing so many seem to hate to do: RESEARCH. Both in real life and in Maple, research is the only way you can save yourself from losing money by selling something for less than it's worth or buying something for more than it's worth.