Quote:
Originally posted by Mortimer
Well, you can still say he lost 25 ruples, because he could have sold 1000 caps that day and made a profit for all of them, it still does not matter in the fact that he got a 25 fake rupels bill and that this is lost money to him. Of course he still got a sale for one cap, but that is separate from the loss due to the fake money.
|
You can't say he lost 25 ruples, because then you would be claiming that the value of merchandise already includes the markup, which really makes no sense.
The 10 rubles of the cap is theoretical, or potential, value. Compare it to when someone steals a lottery ticket from me before the actual drawing... that person stole the theoretical or potential value of the entire jackpot (after all, it could be the winning ticket), but without the actual drawing (or in this case, sale) the actual value is only the cost of the lottery ticket and perhaps the time/effort I spent buying it.