Selling trident for a profit - okay or not?

Are you ok with the trident being bought to flip above retail price?

  • Yep! That's capitalism, baby!

    Votes: 100 41.3%
  • Eh... whatever... doesn't matter to me...

    Votes: 76 31.4%
  • Nope! The greed has gone over the top!

    Votes: 66 27.3%

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naterealbig

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Sold mine because i wasn't impressed with quality control... put it on ebay no reserve and people paid what they wanted... did I steal it from a guy who couldve bought it for msrp. no.. he can still buy it at msrp when its available... nobody needs it, its a want... if you want to pay msrp, buy it when its available at msrp... why is waiting suddenly intolerable... and not waiting in line a right?

Nobody forced anyone to bid on my auction.. ebay made more money than i did and at my hourly rate lost money packing and driving to fedex

The circumstances are different, and what stands out to me here is your intention. In my mind, I don't see anything wrong with this.... The folks I'm referring to are not those who bought one and decided they didn't like it.
 

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this is no different then buying a comic book and then the price goes up because of demand. if a comic book demand goes up and they are hard to find then obviously the price goes up. same concept in my book. these are hard to get so the demand is high which raises the price.
I have i used one , can I still sell it , but the account online is not mine and I can't delete it
 

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I have i used one , can I still sell it , but the account online is not mine and I can't delete it
Unfortunately rules constitute must not exceed retail pricing
 

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Almost all the online sites have it in stock so trying to sell a used unit and make a profit will be tough but hey u never know till u try
 

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It doesn't make me mad at all it's not a necessary item, if someone is willing to pay let them. For me, I walked into my lfs (authorized dealer) and bought one at normal retail. They usually have one or two in stock and get them regularly if I had to wait a week or two it wouldn't have been a big deal.
 

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When they were first released everyone went ape***** 4 them now I see a lot of them are being sold Makes u go hmmmm
 

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Almost all the online sites have it in stock so trying to sell a used unit and make a profit will be tough but hey u never know till u try

I have to agree and disagree
The sites I have searched do not have stand alone units for sale.
They do have combo units that include the Trident and something else.
 

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I have i used one , can I still sell it , but the account online is not mine and I can't delete it

Well that sounds like its not worth it if you cant change the owner account on it.
 

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Well that sounds like its not worth it if you cant change the owner account on it.

There are no “owner accounts” for a trident. Plug it into anyone’s apex and it works. And one can factory reset an apex too, if it was connected to someone else's account.

Also, the poster had like 3 posts; they wouldn’t be allowed in marketplace anyway.
 

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There are no “owner accounts” for a trident lol. Plug it into anyone’s apex and it works.

Also, the poster had like 3 posts; they wouldn’t be allowed in marketplace anyway.


I know that, I was gona offer him a $100.00 bucks if he responded...lol
 

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I was just about to put mine up for $10,000 with free shipping. ;)
Is this still available?
Because you can't go wrong with free shipping!
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