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Originally posted by punkworld
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, 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.
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well, if you calculate this way, you can assume that he lost 15 rupels, plus the cap, plus the lost profit on the sale, which would have added to 25 rupels overall. Because he otherwise would have sold that cap for 10 rupels to a client, so that profit is lost as well;-)