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Sure, but why pay the apple tax if you're not going to use the whole package?
by edraferi 10y ago
Sure, but why pay the apple tax if you're not going to use the whole package?
- jacquesm 10y agoHe already has one.
- icebraining 10y agoNot selling it is equivalent to choosing to buy (a used) one.
- jakobegger 10y agoFor an economist, yes. For normal human beings, no.
- mikeash 10y agoTransaction costs (both the explicit "we take a percentage" kind, and the hidden ones like the risk of being ripped off) are pretty significant, so no, not really.
- icebraining 10y agoNot in my experience, but in any case, it's still equivalent to buying at that reduced price.
- skinnymuch 10y agoIt's not equivalent. Buying is far easier than selling.
- jacquesm 10y ago> 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.
- skinnymuch 10y agoHah. Very true. Unrelated, but nice to have interacted with you on HN! I've seen your handle and comments hundreds of times by now.
- icebraining 10y agoThat'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.
- skinnymuch 10y agoI'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).