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Not in my experience, but in any case, it's still equivalent to buying at that reduced price.


It's not equivalent. Buying is far easier than selling.


> Buying is far easier than selling.

That's an essential insight for anybody that ever wants to run a business, and it is why sales people get paid the big bucks and purchasers are only as good as the discounts they get.


Hah. Very true.

Unrelated, but nice to have interacted with you on HN! I've seen your handle and comments hundreds of times by now.


That's included in the spread I mentioned as "reduced price". Unless you're saying that the expected value of selling it is literally lower than throwing it in the trash, my point stands.


I'm confused about the reduced price. Everything isn't about money when we are talking about non-large sums. Selling something like an electronic can be a huge hassle for some people.

On second thought, I guess if you can just sell it to some service. Or say, Best Buy, then there's a point there for reduced price (at a high degree :p).




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