I have no problem telling people that I got it for free. If someone is in the market to buy something and is willing to pay a certain price, it should not matter what it cost me to acquire. Most of the time there are other costs involved such as the gas you used, your labor/time, your employee's time, cleaning the item, testing it, listing it on ebay/craigslist, storing it, and the list goes on.
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