Immorally making $5,000

[hutchy27]

I was in a similar situation, no where as pricey mind but on a much smaller scale, basically a friend was going to trade me a steam trading card and he had a foil one, not knowing it was worth a lot more than usual, I told him to sell it himself.

That card is worth a lot of money, I say tell him the price and offer to sell it for him at one of them Magic: The Gathering conventions or whatever for some of the profit, every bodies happy.

 

[Fairy Fatale]

The correct answer?

"Is the ~$5000 worth the loss of a friend to you?
This is the real question. Putting aside the morality, it becomes a simple cost-benefit analysis.

Do you wish to invest ~$5000 into this friendship? Do you feel like it would pay off if you did? If the gains, both measurable and not are worth that ~$5000, then you be honest with him. Invest in the friendship and reap later rewards instead of enjoying the early (and likely, final) payoff now.

If neither your friend nor your friendship are worth the money, then take the Lotus. You will lose a friendship, but you will be secure in the knowledge that the loss was worth what you gained.

Without knowing this theoretical friend or what he is capable of providing to me, it's impossible to make this call. In this case, the question becomes, "Would you feel bad?"

Yeah. Of course. You'd have to be a real douche not to feel bad.

 

[Angie7F]

I would just thank him and take the cards.
I am not lying.
I think you ar over thinking it if you think you should tell him that a card is valuable.
Stuff like that happens all the time.