Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • ElCanut@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    X10 markup on a product you bought from a charity is not a reasonable price imo

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    • eskimofry@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then you should have not bought it

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    • ma11en@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could be worse, they may have been gifted the book from someone that stole it from the shop.

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I could see it if the book was new and just being resold. But I gathered tgat it is used from the post and the text

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That was the price when new though

  Welcome to capitalism!

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  • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This behavior is literally millennia older than capitalism.

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  • gbin@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” almost to the letter.

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well yeah that is why it’s bull

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