[X4U] Re: iSight for sale in Europe

[Simon Forster]

On 26 Oct 2006, at 16:00, Robert Ameeti wrote:

> At 3:26 PM +0100, 10/26/06, Simon Forster wrote:
>
>> On 26 Oct 2006, at 14:41, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>>
>>> Anything illegal will cost you more than on the open market.
>>
>> 1) I don't believe that the european directive covers the sale of  
>> second-hand goods. Ergo, the sale is not illegal.
>>
>> 2) "Street" cigarettes[1] versus legitimate cigarettes sold in the  
>> shops in the UK? Illegal cigarettes are significantly cheaper than  
>> their legal counterparts.
>
> Things become more costly when they are otherwise illegal to be  
> purchased.

That may or may not be correct, the fact of the matter is that the  
sale of a second-hand iSight within europe is not illegal which was  
what you previous post implied.

> When you can't buy a new iSight, the used becomes more expensive.

This has little to do with legality and more to do with the laws of  
supply and demand.

> In the case of cigarettes, you can still buy legal cigarettes thus  
> the traders of illegal cigarettes have to offer an incentive to  
> sell their illegal one, and they do this via a discount. The  
> illegal cigarettes are typically of an inferior (perceived or  
> otherwise) quality. Or there may be a risk involved.

I'd suggest that you've turned this argument on its head. The fact is  
that the UK government imposes high duties on cigarettes which raises  
their cost to such a level that it's cheaper to buy the self-same  
cigarettes abroad, transport them into the country, sell them below  
the cost of "legal" cigarettes and still make a profit (good old  
fashioned smuggling). A clear case where the illegal product costs  
less than the legal one.

Simon Forster
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