If the original seller was providing a discount to promote the community, then it's worth noting that the item is to be resold for profit. Or maybe the seller didn't care, in which case it's better. The poster fits into the transaction as being part of the market. The free flow of information helps capitalism work by keeping buy/sell prices nearly equal, minus any value added. If there's no problem with making money off of lack of information, then there's no problem in someone making that information available. J On Wednesday 08 August 2007 3:31 pm, Josh Paetzel wrote: > Pete wrote: > > I agree. > > > > On 8/8/07, rwh <rwh at visi.com> wrote: > > > Even if they are the same computer I don't quite see where you fit into > > > the transaction(s). > > > > > > Someone had a G4 PB that they were willing to sell at $200. The buyer > > > turns around and tries to sell it for $650. I don't see the problem. > > > > > > --rick > > Some time ago I was driving down a road, and saw a business having a > going out of business sale. > > I stopped in to see what they had, a bunch of desktop computers and > stuff. In the corner they had a cisco 1841 router with two v2 T1 DSU > cards in it, and a 2950-24 switch. Feigning some disintrest I told > the guy that I'd give him $150 for them both. He accepted and I paid > cash and took off with them. > > After 3 phone calls and about 45 minutes I had the switch sold for > $150 cash and the router and DSU cards sold for $900 cash. The guy > buying the router from me treated me about the way I treated the guy I > bought the stuff from, he was over like a shot, paid cash, was on his > way. Now, I know he knew the real value of that router (closer to > $1500) Even used those DSU cards go for $500 each all the time. I > didn't bother telling him what I paid for it, or why I was willing to > sell it cheap (that the markup I was getting was more than enough for > me considering the time I had in to it) and I'm sure he wouldn't have > believed me even if I told him I paid $150 for it. > > What is the value of a used piece of equipment? What a willing seller > will accept from a willing buyer. > > In the case of this laptop it looks like the value changed a bit. Why > do you care again exactly?