Someone selling a repo as an original isn't price gouging, it's dishonest. Price gouging occurs on neccessities like gas, milk, bread, any commodity you can think of. Asking too much for a sign or pump is a matter of opinion and very subjective. If I buy a Sinclair sign for $300 at a swap meet and sell it on ebay for $3000....am I just lucky or am I motivated by greed. How can anyone try and determine for others what the profit margin should be? Every time I go to a swap or auction, there are prices that make me laugh, but I keep it to myself because it's none of my concern. I'd like to see some of these guys stumble upon a Musgo globe at a garage sale for $100, are some of you trying to say you'd turn it for $200 since that would double your money? Probably like the rest of us, you'd say "well the one at the Birch Auction brought $20K, so I'll put it at $17500 and tell people it's a bargain priced beneath market value!"
[This message has been edited by Seth Robbins (edited 07-25-2005).]
