Quote Originally Posted by grynmoors
I guess, then, by your definition, that any corporation that buys overseas and resells world wide for 10 times the price are "profiteers" and should be tared and feathered. At least that's the impression I get.
I'm talking about a concept, not a hard-fast set of rules. And they are not my rules. I believe that there is something called "karma" that comes into play. If you require your workers to put in 12 hour days in a Honduras sweatshop, and pay them fifty cents for every pair of Nike sneakers they make, then turn around and sell those same sneakers for $150 a pair, in my opinion, you are a dirtbag and the lowest form of profiteering scum.

It's a concept. Capitalism is based upon profit. It's not a bad thing. When the lust for profit makes you turn a blind eye to the well being of others, or how your actions affect others, then that's profiteering, by "my definition".

On the toolbar subject, I never download and install toolbars ever, except for the Google toolbar so I can see the relevance of my various websites. But then again, I'm seeing a trend of people who actually don't realize you can type a website address into the address bar to go to the site - people are actually going to google.com and typing the name of the website they want into the google search bar, then clicking the link from the Google results. If they don't see the site they want in the google listings they think the server is down. So although I don't install and run toolbars because I know not to, I'm not counting on others being as saavy.

IMHO if you want to make money, this toolbar is probably one way to do it, and I plan (sometime) to download it and check it out.

I understand the poster who felt that it was somewhat "off" to offer the toolbar in a way that benefitted the person offering it, but I personally have no problem with that. That's what reseller branding is about, and I don't see anything dishonest about it.