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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3028783, member: 15588&quot;]This is one of those interesting situations I&#039;ve also found myself in. Did you do anything wrong by buying and flipping the coin? Not really. Was it unethical? Well, a little bit, but that&#039;s because business often accepts a certain amount of unethical behavior. Business has its own moral code. I&#039;ve intentionally and sneakily underpaid for more than one thing in my life, but it always bothered me in the end so I stopped doing it. Basically, I decided that I don&#039;t want to live in a world where people knowingly take advantage of each other, even on a small scale. Of course this happens every day and often it doesn&#039;t hurt anything or anybody, but it does bother me once in a while. Of course I can&#039;t change this so I just accept it, otherwise I&#039;d go mad. But I try to do my part.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following story really happened and it might make some of you question my judgment. I went to a local coin store a few years ago and the owner wasn&#039;t there so the shop was instead watched by one of the assistants. I asked about an ancient coin that didn&#039;t have a price on it. I expected it to cost $75 - $100. The assistant looked at it and said &quot;I have no idea what this thing should cost. Let&#039;s just say $25 and not tell the boss.&quot; And he winked at me. It was a pretty decent looking Roman Republic coin. I actually told him that I didn&#039;t think $25 was enough. I said that out loud. He looked at me puzzled and then looked at the coin for a long time saying nothing. Finally, he said &quot;well, how about $50?&quot; I accepted $50 and bought the coin, though I still didn&#039;t think that was enough. There were 4 unpriced Roman Republics in the case (these were in a locked case and not in a junk box or a bargain bin) and he likely would have sold them all to me for $100. I just bought the one coin and left, feeling like I missed out on a sweet deal but also feeling good that I didn&#039;t try to rip off a local coin store. I go back and forth on whether I did the right thing. I will probably never know. Oh well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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