Re: The Face of Greed
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I think they said there were around 900 cars willing to sell at no reserve and 400 cars people wanted to sell with a reserve. They(BJ) chose to only allow the 900 cars with no reserve in the auction. So that's where the greed part comes in.
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Perhaps, but it's still Craig Jackson's show and if he wants to put on a good show then cars must sell. Yeah, it'd be nice to "troll" a car at B-J with no intention of selling just to see what it might be worth, but again, Craig Jackson isn't in this for trollers, he's in it to make a buck. Refusing the Reserve cars is his way of separating the wheat from the chaff and he doesn't hide that fact. As a pure business venture I don't blame him one bit.
Morality? Well yes, you could morally attack Craig Jackson all day long for wanting to make money but who among us doesn't like to make money? If you want to get on a moral high-horse then offer to work for free during the month of February. Your boss would jump on that deal, wouldn't he? Good business people aren't in the morals business and that's why the term "business ethics" usually results in snickers and replies of "yeah, right" from the crowd. If Craig Jackson did charity work he'd go broke.
It's a damn shame that I can't go out and buy the muscle car of my dreams for $5,000, but I sure as hell wouldn't sell that same car for any less than the maximum amount that I could get for it. Life is just unfair.
Is this horse dead yet?
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