Quoted from NC_Pin:I hear ya… and 100% agree… but I am always curious on the boundaries when it comes to these moral conundrums. I am a bit of a dork.
Here is an example… I have an order for a tbl… deposit paid… if next July (or whenever it eventually ships) would it be a flip for me to sell it for $15k (a $2500 profit) or whatever the market rate? Things change in a year and something that sounded cool in June 2021 could seem like an unnecessary indulgence the following summer. Since TBL isn’t limited you are basically charging a convenience fee for getting it sooner.
To me that seems different than buying an le - never considering a delivery - and flipping it two weeks later. However, I am sure some people would call that a flip too. Idk…. Sure you can cancel the order, but if they had the deposit for nearly a year is it so bad to take delivery and just sell it?
(For the record… I have no interest in selling my tbl spot)
I am not trying to be argumentative - but I am genuinely curious on what people consider the unwritten rules of flipping. In my original example #1 is something we would all agree on… but after that I think it probably gets pretty subjective based on the individual.
Does it really matter if anyone thinks you're "flipping" games? Stern is buying materials and putting them together and then selling you the end product at a mark-up...are they flipping games? The MET Pros that people paid 4-5K for 6 years ago are now selling for 6K+...are they flipping games?
People only seem to care about "flippers" when it's something they wanted or think they had a chance to obtain and now can't (at least at what someone else paid). I've flipped plenty of games, and will continue to do so, as it helps me pay for the games I want to buy for my collection. I don't have the disposable income some on here do, so finding deals on games I don't really want to keep and selling them helps me get the games I do want. I did the work to find the games on FB (or wherever), did the work to make the deal, spent the time to move it, fix it, etc. I've never once had someone ask me "what did you pay for this game and when" when they were buying a game from me. If I listed out all the games I've sold and what I paid - should those people feel entitled to a refund of the difference?
People spend way too much time and energy worrying about other people making money off them. I don't care what someone paid for a game when I buy it from them, all I care about is that I'm comfortable with the price I'm paying - if I'm not, I don't buy it. I've bought most if not all of my games from people I know personally, and I know how much they paid. In just about every instance they "flipped" it to me - but should I not buy a game I want because of that? You have to decide that for yourself I guess.
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