Not a waste of time, and probably not tricked any more than you thought. I was trying to make the point that it may not matter that it’s a trick—if you’re examining the value and believe you’re capturing some surplus in the transaction, it sounds like a win. I apparently did so badly. The last part was 2⁄3 joke and 1⁄3 reminder that value is purely subjective in the first place.
Not a waste of time, and probably not tricked any more than you thought. I was trying to make the point that it may not matter that it’s a trick—if you’re examining the value and believe you’re capturing some surplus in the transaction, it sounds like a win. I apparently did so badly. The last part was 2⁄3 joke and 1⁄3 reminder that value is purely subjective in the first place.