Ethical or not?

[baggss]

I skipped reading most of this thread, it's just not that interesting.

Frankly, if you have to question if what you are doing is ethical, it's probably not.

[Multra]

I-I was j-just t-t-t-trolling guys, geez!

[whipkiller]

[QUOTE=baggss;12541917]I skipped reading most of this thread, it's just not that interesting.

Frankly, if you have to question if what you are doing is ethical, it's probably not.[/QUOTE]

That sums it up pretty well.

[Never Convicted]

"I skipped reading most of this thread, it's just not that interesting.

Frankly, if you have to question if what you are doing is ethical, it's probably not."

I also FF to page 3. this is the right answer ^

[bombadillo]

Give him a break off the 750. It all comes around eventually even if it isn't directly from your neighbor. Screw over your neighbor, and you're going to get screwed yourself eventually. Give him high fair market value for it, and you decide what that is. When you sell it, pay the difference between that and the Smith and call it a day. I bought a full house custom 1911 one day for less than a 6th of what it was worth, and I offered to buy it for 3x the price I paid, and the guy wouldn't let me. That is the difference, is that the neighbor doesn't know the value of this gun.

[caferacer]

If you charge your neighbor $750 for a readily available $600 gun, then you are no friend.

If your neighbor is dumb enough to go into the shop, see the same pistol in the case for $600 and still pay you $750, then he deserves you as his non-friend.

To answer your specific question of "I'm not ripping him off if it's a good deal to him, right? What say you?", yes you are ripping him off because it's not a good deal.

Well said.

[SDM44]

Surprised this thread has been going on this long, with similar replies & comments from most people, especially since the OP stated that he's keeping the gun long ago.


In a similar situation, it's safe to say that you can sell the gun for the same price you picked it up for (OTD price), and then either minus $35 for the PPT fees or split the difference with your friend. That way you're not losing money, he's not spending more money, and you both get what you want.

[Steve_In_29]

Surprised this thread has been going on this long, with similar replies & comments from most people, especially since the OP stated that he's keeping the gun long ago.....

It's because the OP keeps coming back to try to defend his original position and to try to get people to believe he isn't the P.O.S. his orignial post showed him to be.

[SWalt]

Surprised this thread has been going on this long, with similar replies & comments from most people, especially since the OP stated that he's keeping the gun long ago.


In a similar situation, it's safe to say that you can sell the gun for the same price you picked it up for (OTD price), and then either minus $35 for the PPT fees or split the difference with your friend. That way you're not losing money, he's not spending more money, and you both get what you want.

What surprises me is it has 1 star!

[toby]

Flush after use.

[Whatisthis?]

OP, you asked the question. Now you don't like the answers. Time to go look in the mirror and ask yourself the question again.

If it helps any, consider this: Even if ethics were to allow you to do what you've proposed and still look yourself in the face in the mirror in the morning, remember that your neighbor knows where you live and when you're not home. Should the deal that you've inquired about take place, and your neighbor show the same level of ethics as the transaction that you propose (obviously, I don't know that he would sink so low), your further relations with him may not be of the best quality. If mere ethics don't prevent you from doing the deal, perhaps your sense of self-interest should.

This is worded perfectly IMO.

[BakoJ]

It's because the OP keeps coming back to try to defend his original position and to try to get people to believe he isn't the P.O.S. his orignial post showed him to be.

Great genius you figured me out. I'm going to post on an Internet forum how I was going to screw my neighbor. That way, when I get flamed, I can play the maiden surprised and get butt hurt.

The exercise was simply to point out the hypocrisy of those who ***** about gouging while complaining about fair market and socialism. If you couldn't figure that out, there's an Economics class at U of Phoenix you should take.

Before you call someone a POS, maybe read the whole thread. Or just try to be a decent human being.

[CrippledPidgeon]

OP, you asked the question. Now you don't like the answers. Time to go look in the mirror and ask yourself the question again.

If it helps any, consider this: Even if ethics were to allow you to do what you've proposed and still look yourself in the face in the mirror in the morning, remember that your neighbor knows where you live and when you're not home. Should the deal that you've inquired about take place, and your neighbor show the same level of ethics as the transaction that you propose (obviously, I don't know that he would sink so low), your further relations with him may not be of the best quality. If mere ethics don't prevent you from doing the deal, perhaps your sense of self-interest should.

To the OP: hypothetical question or not (I really couldn't care less), this is the answer. It's well within your rights and self-interest to sell higher than what you bought for. But I'd say that having a non-hostile relationship with your next-door neighbor is far more important than an extra $100.

[thedrickel]

Worst thread ever

[BakoJ]

To the OP: hypothetical question or not (I really couldn't care less), this is the answer. It's well within your rights and self-interest to sell higher than what you bought for. But I'd say that having a non-hostile relationship with your next-door neighbor is far more important than an extra $100.

Excellent. Thanks. I appreciate the succinct input and I'm not being sarcastic.