Hi everyone - I'm in a bit of a quandary. I received notification that my name has come up for delivery of a new 130mm StarFire Gran Turismo - after approx. a 9-10 year wait. Unfortunately, I'm currently not in any kind of position to buy the scope anytime soon. As I see it, my options are:
1. Take delivery, and then offer the scope either for sale or auction. This would perhaps allow someone who may not have the opportunity to wait for one to get this scope. Of course, it would also allow someone with the money to step to the front of the line, so to speak, for a premium. I have no idea how I'd handle this sale/auction, or if I'd need to declare myself as an Astromart vendor or dealer for this one-time sale/auction. Up until now, I've successfully sold a lot of merchandise on Astromart (not much in the last year or two though), and all of it's been just regular selling of used equipment, almost always at an expected loss to me.
2. Offer to sell it to someone at the price A-P is gonna sell it to me.
3. Decline the chance to buy the scope from A-P, and release my place on the waiting list to someone else.
Honestly, I don't want to get into a heated discussion here about the pros/cons/realities/ethics of reselling this scope at a profit - that's something that won't yield much, because there really is no "right" answer. Mostly I wanted to post this here in hopes that someone might give me something new to think about that isn't readily apparent to me. Thanks for keeping it friendly, and I look forward to your suggestions.
Cheers,
Doug
1. Take delivery, and then offer the scope either for sale or auction. This would perhaps allow someone who may not have the opportunity to wait for one to get this scope. Of course, it would also allow someone with the money to step to the front of the line, so to speak, for a premium. I have no idea how I'd handle this sale/auction, or if I'd need to declare myself as an Astromart vendor or dealer for this one-time sale/auction. Up until now, I've successfully sold a lot of merchandise on Astromart (not much in the last year or two though), and all of it's been just regular selling of used equipment, almost always at an expected loss to me.
2. Offer to sell it to someone at the price A-P is gonna sell it to me.
3. Decline the chance to buy the scope from A-P, and release my place on the waiting list to someone else.
Honestly, I don't want to get into a heated discussion here about the pros/cons/realities/ethics of reselling this scope at a profit - that's something that won't yield much, because there really is no "right" answer. Mostly I wanted to post this here in hopes that someone might give me something new to think about that isn't readily apparent to me. Thanks for keeping it friendly, and I look forward to your suggestions.
Cheers,
Doug
