This was a meaningful trade because it marked a decision to acquire undervalued items for retrading purposes. So the intent of the trading wasn’t purely to get something I needed.
You could argue that trading for trading’s sake is somehow contrary to the spirit of Bunz—I’m extracting value from the system as a middle-man. But I contend that the benefits of market facilitation outweigh the negative aspect of me ‘profiting’ from the transactions. Market flow is important.
At the time my token count was a little low, so I arranged to trade for a couple of excess books:
And voilà! Two wooden TV trays:
What would I flip the trays for? And how long would I hold them? As it turned out, not very long...
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