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| ▲ | lmm 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | > I am not insane so I did not spend $1300 on a used vinyl record, I found mine for $2 at Goodwill. How is holding onto it instead of selling it for $1300 any less insane than buying it for $1300 in the first place? | | |
| ▲ | mrweasel 9 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | The logic is a little broken for me... If he really wanted the record, and got it for $2, why would he then sell it and then not have it? Replacing it would cost at least $1300. You're logic is why so much in this world if fucking broken. Everything is a grift, a hustle, an opportunity for profit. | | |
| ▲ | NikolaNovak 2 minutes ago | parent [-] | | People are getting angry at the math here. I'm Not the OP and have no moral judgement here, but from strict bank account balance perspective it's the same. Persuade me otherwise through addition and subtraction, not moral appeals. 1. I have 10,000 in my bank account.
2. I see a 1,300 record I like
3. I buy it
4. My bank account now has 8700
5. There's 1,300 difference if I choose to buy it or not 1. I have 10,000 in my bank account
2. I have a 1,300 record
3. If I sell it my bank account will have 11,300
4. 1,300 difference if I choose to sell it or not No "end of the world, this is what's wrong with everybody" gross hyperboles please, I don't care one iota about whether anybody buys or sells expensive records, I don't make any moral judgement whatsoever and would appreciate people in turn not making extreme assumptions about what I think about expensive records. But economically, buying an expensive item or selling expensive item is the same - Prove it wrong with numbers not appeals to emotion please. |
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| ▲ | williamdclt an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | If they don't need $1300 cash, they don't have any real reason to sell it | |
| ▲ | bravura 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Who taught you this? And why do you think this way? | | |
| ▲ | thaumasiotes 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | He thinks that way because it's the only correct way to think. Try raising the value of the record and see what you think about it. | | |
| ▲ | NikolaNovak 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Mathematically that's absolutely true. Emotionally, it feels different. It's fascinating to see downright angry gut reactions! A few years ago my friend was selling his expensive camera on Kijiji. I asked him to sell it to me for slightly less as a friendly discount. He told me that's the same as just randomly one day giving me a wad of cash, so why would he do that?? I thought he's crazy and was a little bit offended. Actually maybe a fair bit offended! It took me YEARS to realize that 1. He's absolutely completely Inarguably correct, and 2. People would find me no less crazy if I adopted same perspective. Buy for $x, have and not sell for $x, same mathematically. But oh boy will people get instantly riled up emotionally :). | |
| ▲ | embedding-shape 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > He thinks that way because it's the only correct way to think. I typed up something, but ended up almost antagonistic. I realize I just feel sad that for some people money is literally the single goal in their life, seemingly nothing else matters. | |
| ▲ | prollings an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Why? We know the price was $1300. Doesn't mean anyone would buy it for that much.
So try lowering the number and see what you think?
The value is what someone is willing to pay for it. |
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| ▲ | pembrook 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | OP has a valid question though. If you think its insane to spend that amount of money on it (essentially: it's not worth that much to you), then you holding onto it instead of having $1300 is pretty much the exact same scenario? By holding onto it you're saying it is worth that much to you. It sounds like believing you hunted down a 'deal' causes you to wildly change how you perceive value at an emotional level. I would probably do the same thing. It's just funny to see expressed on HN where everybody complains that advertising and marketing are evil/scams and proclaims loudly how rational they are. | | |
| ▲ | chownie 41 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | He wants the thing. He does not value the thing at 1300 dollars so he would not buy it for 1300 dollars. He found it for a lower value, he kept it because the point at the start was he wanted the thing. On the topic of HN users, is it our collective first day on earth? | | | |
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