Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andyj107, post: 20095, member: 1507&quot;]cush--I really don&#039;t want to discuss market ethics, which is an oxymoron anyway.&nbsp; Let&#039;s deal with the reality:&nbsp; I sell coins on ebay to a mass market--a worldwide market.&nbsp; The buyer is protected by the reputation of the institution, ebay, which wouldn&#039;t last a single day if there weren&#039;t enough honest sellers in it to provide the reputation.&nbsp; Individual sellers may be crooked or they may not be; indeed it IS the buyer&#039;s responsibility to discern the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I offer melt coins and provide touched-up photos and glossy descriptions, if I attribute overblown grades to those coins and sell them to a trusting, novice collector who then decides the world is injust and all coin sellers are crooks--don&#039;t you think the institution, ebay, even in its own self- interest, ought to provide me a penalty?&nbsp; Should they not encourage me to do the opposite?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Without an incentive to be honest, other than the fundamentally irrational control of one&#039;s own conscience, Adam Smith&#039;s free market par excellence, ebay, would be even more of a jungle.&nbsp; The fact remains, there are honest sellers, good people, conscientious folks, trying to find a place there for themselves.&nbsp; And it isn&#039;t easy.&nbsp; --andy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in