CAPITALIZING ON A BUYER'S DELUSION Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 38, September 19, 2004, Article 15
CAPITALIZING ON A BUYER'S DELUSION
Regarding last week's item about the Danish man who "was
sentenced to 25 days in jail after trying to buy a pizza with
fake banknotes," Morten Eske Mortensen writes:
"I think you also ought to (much more important) report the
Jail sentence of 30 days to a Scandinavian (Danish) coin
professional for "capitalizing on a buyer's delusion".
That is a jail sentence of wide repercussions for the coin,
second hand, antique and auction businesses!""The jail time was in this particularly case fixed as low as
'only' 30 days and furthermore the sentence was 'only'
suspended because of the fact, that the buyer had acted
"very incautious" and also the convicted had a previous
clean penalty list. The probation time was fixed at 1 year
(opposed to the 2 years demanded by the Counsel for the
Prosecution).""The specific deal judged was about 5 Wilcke/Rubow-books
with pasted, special banknote-"offprints". The sentenced
professional person had not created the buyer's delusion -
"only" "capitalized on the delusion".... A Judge emphasized,
that the convicted ought to have known better. The convicted
had been a professional for half a year. The selling party has
a special responsibility to ensure, that the buyer does not
"suffer from a delusion".- 2004-09-19
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