There are people who double the retail price, and I had to get OK with that because people have to make enough money to stay in business. Then there are people who triple the retail price, and I had to get OK with that. Because that is another acceptable business formula -- triple is supposed to make you OK, according to time honored wisdom. I can't find fault with people who are trying to be OK. I just don't have to buy it, at that price.
And then there are people who know darned well that a bead or pendant is worth about exactly one dollar. Because they have been buying and reselling in the market for years. And although that piece is worth $1, and can be bought elsewhere for $1, this person sells it for $24. Because she thinks she can, and someone buys it, confirming that belief for her. Here, we have someone who is taking our system of free market value and ripping the roof off it. Some things are fair, some things are honest and some are just ridiculous. I find this seller and her beads to be the latter. I have bought from her; I know. I wanted to check it out and make sure I wasn't all pissed off over nothing, LOL. I was right. I got ripped. I could have gotten the SAME beads at my LBS, who is one who triples the retail price, for 1/2 of what I paid from this woman. Hear me -- the tripled price was 1/2 LESS than what I paid. There is a point at which that is over the top. And, don't care what anyone else thinks of it. That is just my opinion.
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows