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Flippers, by alexiocowabunga on Aug 17, 2010 18:07:31 GMT 1, Hi everyone,
If anyone cares replying to this thread, I wanted to know why everyone hates flippers so much?
The way I see it is that all someone has done is take advantage of a seller who has priced their item for something that is below market rate.
I once use to be of the view that I can't stand flippers, but they provide a useful service for buyers who want to buy the print at the price they think it is worth.
Yes it is an unfortunate when you want to purchase something that you think you will be keeping in the long term and someone else has got to it first (think Banksy), but I suppose we have to take it part and parcel with the market that we deal in, I am sure a lot of people have made some very tidy profits on prints that they have bought before and I'm sure a lot of people will do so also in the future. It doesn't make one person less ethical than you because they have done it in a shorter time frame.
Anyhow, I look forward to any responses as I am sure I have definitely left out a lot of details.
Hi everyone,
If anyone cares replying to this thread, I wanted to know why everyone hates flippers so much?
The way I see it is that all someone has done is take advantage of a seller who has priced their item for something that is below market rate.
I once use to be of the view that I can't stand flippers, but they provide a useful service for buyers who want to buy the print at the price they think it is worth.
Yes it is an unfortunate when you want to purchase something that you think you will be keeping in the long term and someone else has got to it first (think Banksy), but I suppose we have to take it part and parcel with the market that we deal in, I am sure a lot of people have made some very tidy profits on prints that they have bought before and I'm sure a lot of people will do so also in the future. It doesn't make one person less ethical than you because they have done it in a shorter time frame.
Anyhow, I look forward to any responses as I am sure I have definitely left out a lot of details.
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Flippers, by fingerz on Aug 17, 2010 18:20:36 GMT 1, i dont like flippers as the only reason thay are buying the prints is to sell them as soon as poss in order to make money thay are not interested in the art/image etc and it is taking it from the hands of some one who has prob collected art for collecting art not to make money .... imo
i dont like flippers as the only reason thay are buying the prints is to sell them as soon as poss in order to make money thay are not interested in the art/image etc and it is taking it from the hands of some one who has prob collected art for collecting art not to make money .... imo
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Flippers, by Brushstrokes 75 on Aug 17, 2010 18:29:05 GMT 1, I guess that people hate flippers because they keep real collectors to buy the items cheaper than what they would really be worth. I think everyone would agree that's its a bit annoying to have pay something more that you could have (and also not every person collecting art is rich).
Moreover you can like a print for ยฃ200 but be a little more averse to pay ยฃ400 for it (psychological price).
But anyway flippers are like any trader / broker, they are seizing opportunies, sometimes flips are working, sometimes they don't.
I guess that people hate flippers because they keep real collectors to buy the items cheaper than what they would really be worth. I think everyone would agree that's its a bit annoying to have pay something more that you could have (and also not every person collecting art is rich).
Moreover you can like a print for ยฃ200 but be a little more averse to pay ยฃ400 for it (psychological price).
But anyway flippers are like any trader / broker, they are seizing opportunies, sometimes flips are working, sometimes they don't.
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Flippers, by Sliding on the Walls on Aug 17, 2010 18:31:06 GMT 1, I wrote a nice reply but was redirected to the Silky: 'rules' thread, and my text was gone. What a waste of time. I didn't even write anythig bad!!
I wrote a nice reply but was redirected to the Silky: 'rules' thread, and my text was gone. What a waste of time. I didn't even write anythig bad!!
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Flippers, by bullet on Aug 17, 2010 19:34:29 GMT 1, im sure this conversation has been repeated more than 20 times. The conclusion has always been
1. There is buyers and sellers in everything - you want to sell your house for more than you paid so whats the difference
2. You prints would not be worth so much without people selling and no market for banksy etc... so its tit for tat.
im sure this conversation has been repeated more than 20 times. The conclusion has always been
1. There is buyers and sellers in everything - you want to sell your house for more than you paid so whats the difference
2. You prints would not be worth so much without people selling and no market for banksy etc... so its tit for tat.
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Flippers, by Deleted on Aug 17, 2010 21:08:14 GMT 1, I have no issue with people who trade in and out of any commodity (within reason) when they are forthright in doing so - it's people who say one thing and do another that do my swede in.
If you are a buyer and don't like the price, then don't buy it, really that simple.
Usually, it's a piece of paper - if you can get bent out of shape over a piece of paper then you have a charmed life.
I have no issue with people who trade in and out of any commodity (within reason) when they are forthright in doing so - it's people who say one thing and do another that do my swede in.
If you are a buyer and don't like the price, then don't buy it, really that simple.
Usually, it's a piece of paper - if you can get bent out of shape over a piece of paper then you have a charmed life.
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Flippers, by fingerz on Aug 17, 2010 21:19:57 GMT 1, well said jboy
well said jboy
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