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Originally Posted by CaramelMan
If collecting is a zero sum gain, (which it seems to be, especially when trading is involved) then the most successful collectors have technically screwed over the MOST collectors...
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This is a faulty premise, assuming everything else is static, and does not account for supply and demand. Also, if person A bought something from person B in a deal that BOTH were agreeable to, and person A subsequently sold the item for 10x what he paid for it to person C, HOW has person A screwed over person B? Or is the automatic assumption that anyone making a profit is screwing someone over?
(Does this mean there are NOT those out there who didn't "screw over" others by means of lying, cheating, falsification, etc? Of course not. Just that one doesn't follow from the other.)
A better question would be "IS collecting a zero sum gain?"