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No matter how hard you try you would need a hell of alot of proof to convince us other wise.
> Buying for £20 and selling at £40 is 50% profit.
Nuh-uh. He buys for £20. Sells for £20. £20 is 50% of the selling price, but £40 is 200% of £20. Take off original price to get £20 and that's 100%. And so, 100% profit.
> Where did you learn maths?
School. Doesn't matter though, I expect you'll reply with something along the lines of 'just testing'.
> from your auctions James, obviously
'cause no one ever got ripped off on eBay did they.....?
> Maverick42 wrote:
> They're now planning to buy a fair few and sell them for around
> £40 at 100% profit on eBay.
>
> Buying for £20 and selling at £40 is 50% profit.
>
> Where did you learn maths?
No Mav was right. £40 is 200% of £20. So with the cost at £20 or 100%, then they make a profit of 100%.
> Maverick42 wrote:
> Until then, I'll stick with my view that there's no such thing as a
> free lunch or in this case, a shockingly low priced one.
>
> Why eat it when you can play on?
>
> or in my case
>
> Why play on it when you can eat it?
>
> WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME IT WAS EDIBLE!
>
> *starts eating x-box*
mmmmmm. Xbox cake.