ElCanut@jlai.lu to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThis used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£jlai.luimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down145
arrow-up1313arrow-down1imageThis used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£jlai.luElCanut@jlai.lu to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·3 months agoThe price printed on it says 12.99 but yeah that is bullshit. They could not even be bothered to remove the sticker.
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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI 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
minus-squareElCanut@jlai.luOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·3 months agoX10 markup on a product you bought from a charity is not a reasonable price imo
minus-squareeskimofry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoThen you should have not bought it
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoCould be worse, they may have been gifted the book from someone that stole it from the shop.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 months agoThat was the price when new though Welcome to capitalism!
minus-squareBraveSirZaphod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoThis behavior is literally millennia older than capitalism.
minus-squaregbin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago“one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” almost to the letter.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·3 months agoWell yeah that is why it’s bull
The price printed on it says 12.99 but yeah that is bullshit. They could not even be bothered to remove the sticker.
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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
X10 markup on a product you bought from a charity is not a reasonable price imo
Then you should have not bought it
Could be worse, they may have been gifted the book from someone that stole it from the shop.
That was the price when new though
Welcome to capitalism!
This behavior is literally millennia older than capitalism.
“one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” almost to the letter.
Well yeah that is why it’s bull