Ethical question

Ok so the asshole thread got me thinking about a (stupid IMO) conflict in my life and I want some outside perspectives on this scenario:


My friend let me borrow his Halo 3 game. I had a phase 2 summers ago where I bought/sold video games and consoles on craigslist to make a quick $20-40 a couple times a day. Well on one of my listings someone asked if I had Halo 3 and offered $20 for it. So I check gamestop's website and see that it's worth $10. So of course I sell my friend's game for double what it's worth (who the fuck wouldn't?).

He doesn't ask about it for months so I figure he forgot about it. We were hanging out one day and I told him the story and of course said I would go buy him a new copy, thinking it would be funny. Well he flipped out on me and still brings it up to this day, saying how much of a selfish asshole I am. Really makes me laugh that he's so hung up on it when 1) I made a free $10 and he should've been happy for me, 2) he never played the damn game anyway and forgot I even had it, and 3) he got a new copy of the game anyway.


Am I wrong?

No but you should have had the replacement bought before he asked for it.

Yes, but your friend is overblowing it if he's still hung up on it.

It really wasn't yours to sell, and you kept the profits, not him. I don't think it's actually selling it, but more the fact you did it without asking so that you could profit from it.

He should be over it, but I can see where he's coming from.

You sold something that wasn't yours without asking. How is that not stealing?

I wouldn't want to be one of your friends. Sounds like you're a dick.

Yes you are an asshole thief lacking in ethics.

the fact that you logged in to ask a bunch of internet degenerates if you violated a principle of ethics leads me to believe that you probably answered your own question..

Tim Wakefield wrote:Ok so the asshole thread got me thinking about a (stupid IMO) conflict in my life and I want some outside perspectives on this scenario:


My friend let me borrow his Halo 3 game. I had a phase 2 summers ago where I bought/sold video games and consoles on craigslist to make a quick $20-40 a couple times a day. Well on one of my listings someone asked if I had Halo 3 and offered $20 for it. So I check gamestop's website and see that it's worth $10. So of course I sell my friend's game for double what it's worth (who the fuck wouldn't?).

He doesn't ask about it for months so I figure he forgot about it. We were hanging out one day and I told him the story and of course said I would go buy him a new copy, thinking it would be funny. Well he flipped out on me and still brings it up to this day, saying how much of a selfish asshole I am. Really makes me laugh that he's so hung up on it when 1) I made a free $10 and he should've been happy for me, 2) he never played the damn game anyway and forgot I even had it, and 3) he got a new copy of the game anyway.


Am I wrong?

You sound shady, bro.

Tim Wakefield wrote:


Am I wrong?

No. You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole.

the fact that you still play halo 3 tells me all i need to know about you.

AMwood wrote:the fact that you still play halo 3 tells me all i need to know about you.

I don't think he said anything about playing it. And halo 3 is a classic.

I have never played Halo 3. Or Halo 2 or Halo 1. I just know it is something IT people do instead of their job.

It's a dick move. It's kinda girlish of him to keep brining it up. That said, you should give him the game back plus the $10 you made off of it. You might think it's only a few bucks, but how would you feel if I did the same thing with your car and made a few thousand?

How are you peeps falling for this fake story? That's the real ethical question

Blanch32 wrote:How are you peeps falling for this fake story?  That's the real ethical question

Because fake/real is completely irrelevant on an annonymous message board. Unless of course that guy really is Tim Wakefield, in which case it might matter, but not really.

Definitely wrong. What if that game was a present and special meaning to it?

Not your property and wrong.

Mark this one up as a learning experience.

Your friend is a drama queen but you are indeed a selfish-ass motherbitcher.

Depends on what you bought with the proceeds from fencing your buddy's game.

You both sound like douchers.

LooseGoose wrote:No but you should have had the replacement bought before he asked for it.

I did. And bought him some beers to help him get the massive amount of sand out of his vagina.

For the record Halo 3 is the greatest 360 game of all-time

LooseGoose wrote:No but you should have had the replacement bought before he asked for it.

I did. And bought him some beers to help him get the massive amount of sand out of his vagina.

For the record Halo 3 is the greatest 360 game of all-time

What's 360?

Triple post

AMwood wrote:the fact that you still play halo 3 tells me all i need to know about you.

I was indeed somewhat of a gamer. Now, not so much

AMwood wrote:the fact that you still play halo 3 tells me all i need to know about you.

Troof. Halo 4 or Reach is the way to go.

Rocinante wrote:

No. You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole.

Calmer than you are, Dude.

SpartanInNH wrote:

Calmer than you are, Dude.

The Chinaman is not the issue here.