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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1976941, member: 112"]Chris, we all question everybody's ethics, myself included. But we shouldn't. Why ? Because we don't know what the situation and or circumstances were. It's easy to sit here and do it when we are talking about hypotheticals but it's an entirely different thing to do it in real life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there good dealers and bad dealers out there ? Absolutely, and probably more bad than good. Anybody who knows coins knows that, and knows it for a fact. The point I am trying to get across is when do we judge if they are or are not ethical when we do not know the entire situation, or know all the facts, we are a making a mistake. And since we almost never know all the facts, we should never be judging at all because we have no right judge without knowing all the facts. For that matter, we have no way of even telling if we know all the facts or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, for the most part my responses have been in regard to the question posed by OP, that being what is a reasonable profit ? And my simple answer was there is no such thing. And I have explained why there cannot be by giving numerous examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>But let me turn it around for a minute try a different tact here. Suppose the dealer selling the coin makes 100% profit, regardless of the dollar amount - is that ethical yes or no ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now a lot of people's immediate answer is going to be no. But suppose I could show you several examples of where that answer is going to be absolutely and without question - yes ? What would you say ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1976941, member: 112"]Chris, we all question everybody's ethics, myself included. But we shouldn't. Why ? Because we don't know what the situation and or circumstances were. It's easy to sit here and do it when we are talking about hypotheticals but it's an entirely different thing to do it in real life. Are there good dealers and bad dealers out there ? Absolutely, and probably more bad than good. Anybody who knows coins knows that, and knows it for a fact. The point I am trying to get across is when do we judge if they are or are not ethical when we do not know the entire situation, or know all the facts, we are a making a mistake. And since we almost never know all the facts, we should never be judging at all because we have no right judge without knowing all the facts. For that matter, we have no way of even telling if we know all the facts or not. Also, for the most part my responses have been in regard to the question posed by OP, that being what is a reasonable profit ? And my simple answer was there is no such thing. And I have explained why there cannot be by giving numerous examples. But let me turn it around for a minute try a different tact here. Suppose the dealer selling the coin makes 100% profit, regardless of the dollar amount - is that ethical yes or no ? Now a lot of people's immediate answer is going to be no. But suppose I could show you several examples of where that answer is going to be absolutely and without question - yes ? What would you say ?[/QUOTE]
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