Profitable Until Deemed Illegal

Post by run4yourlives » Mon, Dec 15, 2008, 6:18 PM UTC

Dilpil wrote: post #110

run4yourlives wrote: post #48

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>Except you CANT guarantee yourself a win, and you certainly can't guarantee yourself a win at any price. Of course you can. Every time you bid you extend the auction, therefore if you're willing to pay the most you will win. (Now, that amount may be worth more than buying the item in a store somewhere, but that's beside the point really)

Suppose both sides 'decide to win'. Now it is a game of chance based on who happens to have the highest bankroll is it not?

Post by gnaritas » Mon, Dec 15, 2008, 7:21 PM UTC

eru wrote: post #121

gnaritas wrote: post #102

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Where exactly did I say anything about evil? The goal of business is to fleece its customers of their money. Some do it in nicer ways than others but they all do it, poor money management skills on the customers part is always good for business. Our entire consumer economy is based on that fact; we spend all of our excess money rather than saving it like we should.

Why should you save all your money?

Post by gnaritas » Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 1:02 AM UTC

eru wrote: post #134

gnaritas wrote: post #133

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I didn't directly say you should save all of your money, I said you shouldn't spend all of your excess money. You should be saving for an emergency fund, retirement, kids college, things you want to buy in cash rather than putting everything on credit. American are horrible at this, they live right at the edge of, or above their means rather than below it as they should.

OK. But "we spend all of our excess money rather than saving it like we should." was hard to parse the way you intended it.