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Unless you are willing to call getting a good deal theft, though, I think you have to acknowledge different aspects that lay a claim on you. If a thrift store is selling something valuable for cheap, you know they didn't pay anything for it and no one is losing by you gaining. In the situation of a desperate antique-store owner, however, where it may not be a concern of strict justice, it is a concern of charity.
My provisional answer, as I watch how the thread unfolds, is that it is not unjust to get a good deal, because the person set the price and you paid them the price. But if you know that they are in hard circumstances, and selling something for way under value, the Golden Rule, the dictate of charity, would be to let them know about it. I've never thought much about applying the Golden Rule to corporations, though.
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