[UpstateMatt]

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Your friend's point is a common one in that you'll have a $250 ticket in your hand when you enter the park, discounted slightly for the bother of selling it.

I bought a car, my mom gave me the exact car. Do you have to know which one is which before you can place a value on it?

I worked a couple hours for $100 and then found $100 on the beach. Is there a difference in the value of the bill? Will it matter if I switch them.

luckyme

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I take your point, but i'm not sure they are analagous situations. I guess my thinking is this: is choosing not to profit (by, for instance, consuming a product that could be reesold for profit) equivalent to placing a value on something. I won't pay $250 to go to any concert, i'm pretty sure. But there are plenty of concerts I would go to if given free tickets, even i could make way more than $250 reselling the tickets.

I think this is actually a very common situation. I'm just not sure about how to think about it when i have to make such resale choices.