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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

wyldwolf

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5. not really

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 09:19 AM

Jul 2019

If I buy Cinderella, etc. at a yard sale for $.50 People resell items all the time that they don't originally pay for, or originally pay very little for. That's kinda the point of this forum

Faculty get these books for free.

And they then own them.

I would say it's odd to see finger wagging in an arbitrage forum, but this IS DU

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FINALLY sold the last of a very profitable text book haul [View all] wyldwolf Jul 2019 OP

Good for you! DonaldsRump Jul 2019 #1

I don't mean to be Debbie Downer, but instead to point out something spooky3 Jul 2019 #2

to each there own... wyldwolf Jul 2019 #3

The difference is that you paid for Cinderella etc. spooky3 Jul 2019 #4

not really wyldwolf Jul 2019 #5

I sell stuff I get for free all the time. Because it's mine now. TeamPooka Jul 2019 #6

Great buy! Sometimes you just need patience. Vinca Jul 2019 #7