whiplashtw03
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That's your opinion, I have mine. Going through the trouble of filling a raffle ticket and driving to the mall to pick up shoes is about as easy as coloring a coloring book. Some people overvalue their time and efforts and some people value it based on fair "economics" so to speak.I think this post is very flawed. The value of your time as a person isn't based on how much money you make. Just because someone makes 5 bucks an hour doesn't mean they should adjust their price based on that dollar amount.
Now how much you make an hour will affect whether or not your willing to go through the hastle of reselling.
To say that your time is only as valuable as what corporate America dictates it to be is a slap in the face.
Personally, how much I make an hour, my lifestyle, the fact I have a family and kids, the fact I run a business...all of these factors influence my pricing if I decide to re-sell a pair of sneakers that I put some effort into attaining. My whole point is that one's own life situation is going to determine one's own pricing engine because each of us have our own different sets of "overhead."
Therefore, a college kid for example, who only works part-time at $12 per hour, who doesn't have a family, who has minimal bills to pay, may only re-sell his shoes for $60 above retail because to him, the $60 would be enough to cover his "costs." Meanwhile, someone who works 60 hours a week and barely has enough time to play his guitar because he has a two year old, a 5-year old, and an 8-year old, but has a passion for J's and decides to play the raffle and is able to cop a few pairs on release date, may decide that he will charge at least $100 over retail in order to recoupe his costs.
In the re-selling game, to each his own. That's why as a buyer, it's up to you to determine what "brand" of seller you have and distinguish if you have the type of re-seller who doesn't budge or the type who is content with a $50 profit.