Well, I guess you're right with that example. That is a little more accurate.
I guess in the legal sense, this is not evil, but from the consumer point of view, I think it is. In your example, considering the couches were the exact same, I would go back to the guy next door and buy his. Of course, I understand the devil's advocate part. I do it all the time. G wrote: > Wait, that example doesn't seem quite right either. Wouldn't it be more > akin to: > > Guy1: How much for that couch? > Me: 30 bucks. > Guy1 goes to the garage sale next door. Sees the same couch for cheaper. > Guy1 returns. > Guy1: Same couch is 20 bucks next door. How much for your couch again? > Me: 20 bucks. > > I don't think it's my responibility to either: 1) lower my price to my > neighbors just because he is selling it for less or 2) to let people know > that my neighbor is selling the same couch for lower. > > As for the specific example you cited, what if my sale ends at 3pm, and its > 2:45 and I haven't sold my couch yet, so I decide to cut the price in half. > Is this morally wrong because i quoted everyone before 2:45 a higher price > than everyone after 2:45? This kind of thing happens all the time. > > I'm playing devil's advocate a little bit here, because I'd be annoyed by > this scenario if it was presented to me (it has been, many times). As > consumers, we can simply take our money elsewhere, which is the best way to > show our displeasure. But I don't look at the vendor as amoral or evil....I > simply look at it as playing the game of capitalism, and I won :) > > >>Ah, but see, this example is not a fair comparison. You didn't get >>asked how much the couch is, they offered money to you. Using your >>example, this is what NetSol is doing, if they were in that situation: >> >>Guy1: How much for the couch? >> >>You: 20 bucks >> >>Guy2: How much for the couch >> >>You: 30 bucks >> >>How is that fair? >> >> >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158425 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
