I've haggled the cost of a 'marble' lamp I found online down from £10 to £8, but what the seller thinks is marble, I believe to be serpentine, and these lamps easily sell for £30 or more. Would it be wrong to buy it and sell it on for a profit without telling the seller what I think it's really made of?
Money Moral Dilemma: Should I buy and sell on a lamp that may be worth more than the owner thinks?
edited 5 April 2022 at 2:18PM
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The only we've done something similar is when a neighbour gave us a broken lawnmower for spares because we had the same model. I heard him tell his wife that we could take it to the tip because it was junk. My clever husband fixed it with a few hours work and we kept it and sold ours for £80.
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However I think you should just pay them their asking price, bit snide to haggle it down when you know it’s worth more.