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Subject: [OM] Semi-OT - ethical dilemma
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:25:22 -0500
My wife and I attended a charity auction a couple of weeks ago. We took an 
interest in a particular photograph, and bid it up to a pretty substantial 
price, but were outbid by $100 at the very end. After 
the auction, we met the photographer's parents, and I gave them my contact 
information.

This week I heard from the event organizer and the photographer in separate 
e-mails. The organizer said they had been given a second print, and they'd be 
willing to sell it to me for my high bid. I also 
heard from the photographer who said he had another print and could sell it for 
what it would normally sell at a gallery. 

If I buy from the photographer, he takes the proceeds, and I pay just a little 
more than 1/2 what I bid at the auction. On the other hand, if I buy the print 
from the organization, a good cause benefits, but 
I'm out nearly twice as much $$$, and the photographer gets nothing.

What would you do?


--
Barry B. Bean
Bean & Bean Cotton Company
Peach Orchard, MO
www.beancotton.com
www.beanformissouri.org



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