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Old 02-21-2008, 11:01 AM
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Re: The price of being uninformed

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Originally Posted by Modus Operandi View Post
business is business, if you can make money off someone then do so.

it's no worse to take advantage of the mis informed than it is for dr. phill to exploit people for his own gain.
You must have no complaints about your cell phone carrier's services provided and pricing structure then, since business is business and all they are doing is making money off of you. And this also would apply to any other company you do business with...cable company, oil company, etc. And I suppose it is OK for your auto repair shop to bill you several thousand dollars for replacing your left-handed geetus, since all they are doing is taking advantage of the misinformed...

The point is that there are limits to what is acceptable, and legal, to do in the attempt to "make money off someone" and "take advantage of the mis informed". As I stated before, my opinion is that the OP did not overstep those limits in his transaction, if it went as he recounted it. However, I believe that his post wanting us to laugh at, in his obvious view at the time, his ability to take advantage of the buyer has no place in a forum dedicated to helping people such as this buyer.

I would not feel bad if the buyer were a member of this forum and read my posts...can all of you say the same?

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