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Several threads with their posts have gotten me to think a bit about prices, greed, ebay etc. Why is it greed when a seller wants to make a profit, but not greed when we want the cheapest price possible? Is the seller's refusal to drop the price $10 on a loco (thus pocketing $10 more) any different than our refusal to pay $10 more for it (thus keeping $10 in our pocket)? Why does it seem to be acceptable to pick the brains of a shop owner (be it LHS or something like Tony's Train Exchange) for hours, getting information, getting questions answered, being shown the product, being able to test it, get ideas on how to modify it etc. - then deciding that the seller here is greedy by asking too high of a price and buying the product elsewhere? Would anyone bring a car to a mechanic, have him spend some time showing what exactly would have to be done to repair that car and then go off to Auto Zone to buy the parts? I've seen posts where folks refuse to even bid on something on ebay if the seller's shipping/handling charge is "way out of line." It seems that if someone is charging a $10.00 s/h fee and the winning bid is $2.00 that's a better deal that someone who ships free but the buy it now price is $13.00. Why is it that someone that pays what seems to be a high price for something on ebay is "a sap" or "stupid", but when we find something that we've been looking for for a long time and pay a high price for it it is a "success."? Why is it that a person will call someone that has lots of brass "a show off" but then think nothing of posting that they just purchased 8 Kato locomotives? Why is it that when we are a seller on ebay, ebay's fees are a sign of greed preventing us from "making a little profit" but if ebay were to refund a part of the fee in a fee revocation would never think of passing it on to the buyer. Wouldn't that make us just as greedy as ebay? Why does ebay stink just because one can no longer get a brand new Atlas diesel for $5.00? Just some thoughts.
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