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Why try to profit? At most, sell them at the cost of storing/carrying/buying them.

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· Nov 6, 2016

Replying to @taoeffect

Evil is perpetuating misery for profit.

Jesse Powell

Because it’s an investment, not charitable donation. Different pool of funds.

There are different kinds of investments one can make. Just because you can profit off of something, doesn't mean you should. Ethics 101?

Selling at cost is not a charitable donation. You can factor in the cost of the hours spent on it (don't think that would count as profit). A charitable donation would be you buying these masks and giving them away for free.

But of course people are free to choose what course in life they want to take and ignore the warnings along the way.

People might reasonably disagree about what "sell at cost" means, but I think most will also agree that saying "I must make X% *profit* on this" definitely does not count.

Jesse Powell

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3:29 AM · Apr 25, 2020Twitter for iPhone

Selling at anything less than 10x would make it not worth it vs the risks and costs, alternatives for investing the money. I would consider < 10x a loss. So, if I can’t make 10x, I won’t stockpile and then there won’t be any voluntary exchanges of supplies for cash at any price.

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A loss is when [(what it cost you) - (what you sold it for) > 0]. I'm not aware of investments that guarantee a 10x return, so I suspect you'll have difficulty arguing you did not choose to perpetuate misery for profit.

Jesse Powell