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Sorry to offer criticism, but this is the most unethical thing I've ever seen. Not only that, the market for this sort of trading is already stitched up by eBa
by gstar 17y ago
Sorry to offer criticism, but this is the most unethical thing I've ever seen. Not only that, the market for this sort of trading is already stitched up by eBay, and they do it better by not being so blatant about the source of the discount.
So this product actually does a worse job than eBay - that's no mean feat.
I know sometimes game-changers come about by pushing ethics around - but this is morally wrong in so many different ways I'm struggling to express it.
Purely out of interest, I'd love to meet the person or people who came up with this, but only so I could do my grumpy old man bit about the "me" generation.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agothis is the most unethical thing I've ever seen. I'm guessing you don't watch the news very often :)
- gstar 17y agoFair point, so perhaps I should wind it down a bit: it's certainly the least ethical website I've seen launched on HN.
- Flankk 17y agoI agree with you in full. Giving other people your employee discount is a method of theft. It is no different than other methods of employee theft such as over-charging customers, identity theft, theft of stock or theft of time. The only difference is sharing your discount is an easier form of theft to rationalize. This website is a black market and is likely profiting. I'm pretty sure that's illegal.