just wish there was some little code or something on these caps so we can tell they came from this buy (when it ever goes ahead) so we can snuff out any profiteering. $35 cap that sells for a real market value of $100 plus... alot of people are going to be tempted.
That's interesting coming from someone who pays top dollar for CC's on auction.
i might PAY top dollar but i dont BUY LOW like a douche and RESELL for a profit there is a big difference lol.
There is no difference, because you are the one supporting that exact activity. Basically, you have nothing to stand on regarding this matter.
whatever, you dont understand what im saying probably cause your American so i'll leave it at that.
i SUPPORT market value and its fairly safe to say the market value of clacks is between $80-$200 depending on the rarity of the cap.
i'd have no issue with EK just selling them for this price.
my problem is the vultures that will stock up on these $35 caps from EK sales to make $100 profits.
me buying the cap at the proper market value is nothing the same if you think it is you need to get something checked....
anyway, someone made a thread so might as well use it!
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37332.0
Really? Let's not descend into personal attacks. MMB is correct, it appears you don't see how you paying a premium encourages this price gouging. This is simple economics.
If there are people selling you a widget for $1 million, and nobody buys, are they going to keep selling at $1 million? No. So they keep reducing the price until someone decides they will buy the widget. This establishes a value that a buyer will pay for that widget.
Now let's look at CC's. If I'm holding a 3D, and I want to sell for $100. You come over rayuki, and buy my clack for $100. I now know that people will pay $100 for a 3D clack. So I go and buy them at cost ($30) and keep selling them to you because you'll pay at $100. However if you didn't purchase at $100, in fact, if nobody would buy these for anything more that at cost, the price of these caps, aftermarket, would be $30 or even less.
You are helping drive up prices by purchasing high. It is simple as that. If nobody would buy high, then this problem would go away because the gougers wouldn't buy something they couldn't make a quick buck on. I hope I was clear enough.
And please, keep nationalities and personal attacks out of this. Makes you look bad, not MMB.
Cheers,