Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the last few years, some Salvation Army and Goodwill stores are putting much higher prices on collectible items, sometimes more than they are worth. A few of them even sell on the auction site. In this day and age, managers of thrift stores ought to be savvy enough to do a little investigation on the rarer items that come their way. Cheers, Patrick - --- Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > different societies have different levels of > acceptable behaviour and > greed. The whole bargain hunting ethos and caveat > emptor approach to > trade operates at a level of greed I, and presumably > Teresa, find > immoral even if it is legal. If somebody steals $30 > from a little old > lady because they can snatch her purse they are no > more dishonest than > an antiques dealer who knowingly pays $30 less for > an item they buy > from her. One exploits physical weakness, the other > ignorance. Both are > dishonest even though one is legal. > Just MHO > Frank > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html