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Originally Posted by Unobtanium-inc
As the other brother in Unobtanium I feel the need to point out something no one has touched on. I think all the re-seller haters are forgetting that guys like us work our arse's off getting cars that sometimes "aren't for sale."
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No, this *has* been discussed before. And I will repeat what was said by more than one person - moving generally unavailable cars into the wider world for purchase by folks is a worthy thing. And there is generally a great deal of risk and exposure doing that. Along with a significant opportunity cost when you've got tens or even one hundred thousand dollars tied up in very old cars that may or may not be hitting on the current market.
Making an unavailable item available *should* be rewarded. Taking a generally availbe item from a large marketplace to a smaller one, taking advantage of the enthusiast nature of the small market, and doing nothing else except adding a mark-up, while taking advantage of the infrastructure provided by someone else? Different story.
But in order to have learned this, you would have had to read other threads. And recapitulating all that has been written before might be tiresome to everyone. Your brother was unwise to mis-characterize my position, and it is silly to take this discussion as being a black/white binary choice between two diametrically opposed philosophies. It never has been that way.