Mission Market Raid (sale, crime, costs)

[HisLilSecret]

Originally Posted by Dube665

What does right/wrong have to do with paying less? Im sure no one feels wrong when they buy something 50% off at a retail store.

The wrong is that the stuff is stolen and in buying stolen stuff, you're also stealing because it's taking profits from some retail store, which in turn causes higher prices, people losing their jobs, etc.

[Dube665]

Originally Posted by sapphire

Paying less for stolen goods vs. paying more for legitimately obtained goods? Um gee, I don't even think I want to bother explaining this to an adult....and you are a parent, no less.

Paying less for the same, isnt that a good economics lesson to teach?

[sapphire]

Originally Posted by Dube665

Paying less for the same, isnt that a good economics lesson to teach?

Try as you might, they're NOT the same. So, no.

[perticusrex]

Originally Posted by Paka

OK...the stolen stuff is one thing...but knock of purses??? Hey, my attitude is IF I have to pay tax dollars to house criminals, PLEASE make it for those that are dealing drugs vs making a buck off of those name brands....I can't honestly remember EVER hearing that someone was killed or became homeless or a threat to society as a whole because they became addicted to cheap, look alike bags....JMHO!

Perhaps you have never heard of anyone being killed over a purse....but I have. I know someone who got his head knocked off for selling rip off purses and burned DVDs because his "competition" at the flea market felt threatened by the quality of his "product." Hmmmm....sounds strangely familiar to that other illegal trade that was mentioned in your post. Stealing is stealing plain and simple. I would venture to say cops arent putting small timers behind bars. Im sure they are going after the ones trafficking the most and who are making "real" profit from stolen stuff.

[scuba steve]

Originally Posted by perticusrex

...I know someone who got his head knocked off for selling rip off purses and burned DVDs...

Did this happen in Iran? That sounds more like middle eastern justice.

[perticusrex]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

Did this happen in Iran? That sounds more like middle eastern justice.

No it didnt and I resent you trying to be sarcastic (or make a joke) out of it.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by perticusrex

No it didnt and I resent you trying to be sarcastic (or make a joke) out of it.

And I resent your friend bootlegging.

Karma isn't an exact route.

[HisLilSecret]

Originally Posted by perticusrex

Perhaps you have never heard of anyone being killed over a purse....but I have. I know someone who got his head knocked off for selling rip off purses and burned DVDs because his "competition" at the flea market felt threatened by the quality of his "product." Hmmmm....sounds strangely familiar to that other illegal trade that was mentioned in your post. Stealing is stealing plain and simple. I would venture to say cops arent putting small timers behind bars. Im sure they are going after the ones trafficking the most and who are making "real" profit from stolen stuff.

Being that you seem to have a strong sense of morality about this, why is it that you didn't turn this person in to the police? Maybe he wouldn't have met an early demise.

[scuba steve]

Originally Posted by perticusrex

No it didnt and I resent you trying to be sarcastic (or make a joke) out of it.

Think about it for a minute. You said that someone got their head chopped off for setting prices too low or bootlegging things. You'd think that in the US the media, which feeds off certain kinds of stories, would jump all over that kind of thing. Now let's think back to stories like that hitting the news. Nothing? Must not have happened here... but there are a couple of regions of the world where people tend to do things like that. I'll be you can't guess where? (hint: the Chinese normally just execute them).

[perticusrex]

Originally Posted by HisLilSecret

Being that you seem to have a strong sense of morality about this, why is it that you didn't turn this person in to the police? Maybe he wouldn't have met an early demise.

Im certain that i am not the only one who has known people who have less than reputable lifestyles. Im not going to explain myself for something that happened quite some time ago, when I personally was much younger and my own morals and values werent exactly "developed."