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I have never understand why people feel a cars worth bears any relation to what the seller paid for it. For some weird reason people think it is unethical for a seller (either dealer or private party) to make a "profit" selling a car. Any items value is set by a willing buyer and a willing seller. The original Ebay seller found a willing buyer at $28k. A Win/Win. The current owner hopes to find a willing buyer at $38k. If he finds a willing buyer than once again two parties are getting what they want. Nobody would be forcing the next buyer into buying it. Again a win/win for both.
Some people also make the silly argument that there should be some arbitrary limit on what would be an acceptable profit and what would be "greedy" or unethical. Again willing buyer, willing seller. I get tired of people saying its ok to make a few $$ just not a lot.
I will give a few examples to see if that provides any insight:
Scenario 1- Your Great Uncle passes away and leaves you his 31k original mile 1967 911S Coupe. To some peoples thinking that since you paid zero for the car, you should only be allowed to make a reasonable profit, i.e free + a couple thousand dollars. So a fair price according to these rules would be ~$2500. HELL NO! The car is worth what the market will bear, in this case well over $100k. Great deal for the seller an a great deal for the buyer who is looking for one.
Scenario 2- A person/dealer buys a Porsche and simply pays to much for it, should he expect to sell it for too much + reasonable profit. HELL NO! Its simply worth what the market will bear for it.
Capitalism at its finest.
As for "using" Wayne, if he doesn't like it he could change the rules on engagement and preclude the selling of cars on his forum. My guess however is that he benefits (as he should, thank you Wayne!) from all types of Porsche web traffic.
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