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Originally Posted by chattiesmom  Having a spending cap is completely on the honor system. If the members participating aren't going to be honorable and follow the GE rules then having a cap is purposeless.
Then there are the many questions like:
1) I made this item - do I count the retail price I sell it for or do I count the cost to make the item?
2) What about if I barter with another member for a product? Do I count the full retail price of the product or the "cost" to me to acquire the product?
3) I shop sales - again does the regular retail price count or can I just count the $$ I spent on the item at a huge % off? |
This is exactly what I was saying. I know that there's no way I could stay within a cap because I shop too many sales and will definitely make an item or two. Most of the hand-made items are from things I already have so I can't provide a cost. So would that be considered as free when someone else who may purchase something similar would pay $40 for it?
The point of having the cap, from the arguments I'm seeing, is that people feel like that need to "out-do" someone else. Or feel obligated to purchase more than the minimum amount. But if we get someone who makes their own clothes/etc, and they send out 10 new clothes because they had all the fabric on hand, it still appears that this person spent more than the (let's say) $80-$100 cap.
In the end, I don't think that anything is really going to make everyone happy.