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It'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 ago
    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.
• icebraining 10y ago
  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.
  • skinnymuch 10y ago
    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).