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11-22-2013, 12:12 PM

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HouseDragon

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Originally Posted by Mousie

this is an interesting topic.
At first i thought I don't think I would tear out a pattern and sell it, but I buy used books online.
What is the difference if I buy a used book from someone else, or if someone buys my used quilting magazines?
I wouldn't sell them for a "new" price.
actually, I won't be selling my quilting magazines at all, LOL, but just saying...
If the seller is asking a reasonable price and the viewer wants it, and the author was paid, I don't think anyone is getting hurt.
Having said that, I am not personally going to "gut" magazines to make more overall than I paid for the magazine in whole. It's not wrong to make a profit, but I can't bear to think of tearing a perfectly good magazine up like that.

That's exactly why I said it was "tacky". It destroys the magazine. OK, so it's "just" a magazine but I still hate seeing things destroyed.

BTW, I also think there's a difference in destroying and re-purposing. Ripping out the pages is destruction. Turning an old RD into a Christmas tree is re-purposing.

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