In the hypothetical yard sale situation, I would say the buyer has a responsibility to inform the seller.
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Question 141: What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?
Answer: The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man; rendering to everyone his due; restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof; giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others; moderation of our judgments, wills, and affections concerning worldly goods; a provident care and study to get, keep, use, and dispose these things which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, and suitable to our condition; a lawful calling, and diligence in it; frugality; avoiding unnecessary lawsuits and suretyship, or other like engagements; and an endeavor, by all just and lawful means, to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and outward estate of others, as well as our own.
WLC 141
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As we all know, the Lord taught us to do unto others what we would have them do unto us. I personally would want someone to tell me if I had a baseball card worth $10,000 priced at $1.50.
The eBay situation would be a little harder to tell, since the seller may have just set the price low anticipating the price to rise as buyers bid on it. So, I guess it would be a case of contacting the seller to make sure they know what they are doing.
Good post.