In December, there were at Lidl cheap train tickets, since they are more expensive in the Web market. Even student Markus Paul verhökerte some tickets for his brother continued: Once from villain to Gutmenschen and back - a two-capitalism crash course for beginners.
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Actually? Had my brother said. That would make me aback to be equal. "Actually, you do not do anything." Ten Lidl train tickets, he had bought for 55 euros per any two trips across Germany. But to get a maximum of yes yes today from Hamburg to Berlin, but not with the ICE.
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The small capitalist in my brother, like many others, the ideal platform for resale chosen:
Mitfahrgelegenheit.de, a ride sharing, which also cooperates ONLINE blogs. No excessive fees such as eBay, no shipping. People call to come over, get the ticket from.
Actually? "You make this already," said my brother. He is currently underway, has to sell me on and give his tickets with my mobile phone number advertised. A ride, the great German cities abklappert: Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt. And Freiburg. Freiburg is not large, but beautifully so far, so tickets are very expensive to Freiburg.
At nine clock morning the phone rings for the first time in deep sleep I give my address. Two hours later, I stand on, without knowing how many times whom I have said that he had during the day may come.
What Lidl tickets? "Then do not stop!"
It rings at the door, the same as the first buyer wants to haggle: 77 euros, my brother as the price presented a number of brandy and a schnapps idea, because now I always need money rumlaufen. We agree on 75 because I have already saved the change.
The next caller wants to be on a take tea with me. Great idea, really. Firstly, I must still tourists aufgabeln, through the wrong area and can not find my apartment. The tea drinkers, which I obviously do not drink tea, I give the tickets for 77 euros.
THE TICKET DEALS - WHAT IS ALLOWED?
Tickets at discounters and Bulettenbrater
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2005 sold the first train tickets at Lidl, the former Price: 49,90 Euro For any two were driving in Germany. Tchibo in 2006 and 2007 had a similar train tickets available for 58 euros. In the spring of 2006 tickets were even at McDonald? S distributed - 99 euro cost of the voucher for another four nationwide random trips.
The conditions
Most have small ticket restrictions. How do they apply this year for travel on Fridays. Can be used to Lidl tickets can still be up to 31 March. This aims to train new customers for long-distance win. To curb the black market, sold at the end of December Lidl a maximum of five tickets per customer.
It says the train
"The resale of tickets DB Lidl is excluded," wrote Deutsche Bahn on its website to the action (but only in the FAQ, is not under "Conditions"). And also announced that retailers against large-scale legal action. Excluded were the seller, the only one to two tickets for personal reasons wanted to pass, said a spokesman for the company with online blogs.
Already in 2005, where it clashes. The railway would compel eBay, the tickets offered by the platform to remove. This year there will again blithely traded: Over 2000 deals with Lidl tickets are currently on eBay. Most find it for 60 to 70 Euro buyers, not just reach the moon prices.
The conservationists say consumers
Consumers Hamburg estimated the situation differently. She sees no legal basis for the rail allow a resale of tickets to prohibit. As a purchaser of the tickets could be on his property freely, since the tickets were not personal. It also makes no difference whether the sale on an Internet platform or in any other way.
Similarly, the arbitration mobility in Berlin: "Why a resale between individuals should be excluded, is not apparent at first, especially since the tickets just before Christmas have been offered, so the assumption is that an Offer of tickets wanted" she replied to a blog-ONLINE inquiry.
Is it a business?
Theoretically, should the seller of Lidl tickets for their trade on a trade register. According to Income Tax Act (§ 15 para 1) is a business, if a self-sustained activity with the intention of profit making, is done. This also applies to irregular activities, for example, can only be undertaken once a year. For smaller sales remains questionable whether a profit exists - and where the "sustained activity" begins.
The reason to fear the consequences of its own distribution without registration directed especially after the volume of trade and the status of the seller. For example, a student with low income on the sale of ten tickets at worst a warning to fear. The situation is different if the seller already has taxable income.
And the moral of the story '
This year the tickets were in some stores even a few days after beginning to receive action. In this case, the re-seller of Lidl tickets probably the morality on their side, they can argue that they are covered by the resale also people who are the actual sales campaign have missed an inexpensive rail travel permit.
Who the resale of tickets morally condemned, usually argues that a few buyers as quickly as possible, with all tickets under the nail tear. For other interested parties were already after a few hours, no more tickets available at the branches.
In fact, the resale of tickets Lidl market a simple thing: Cheap rail tickets are a scarce resource, the rest regulate supply and demand. That seems to have a great moral and ethical debate to be kindled, especially among students. A young woman wants to meet me at the station. It looks totally nice, but of supply and demand have not heard: When she finds that the tickets at Lidl only have cost 55 euros, she says, this is outrageous, they do not see it, etc.
My brother has the tickets, three days after the sale will start, what can I do that it has the action verpennt? I waive the question of whether they also do not buy in the supermarket, because the product has cost less times. At the end they will give 70 euros. "No, 75 you have already paid," I reply. You stapft them, even grumbled: "Then do not stop!"
Then do not stop. It is likely that they are now an easy drive for 100 euros to buy. I admire them as idealists. And understand this moment, why in our world so often fail.
Mitfahrzentrale as ethics teachers
A buyer is waiting in front of my apartment. I offer you, quite the gentleman, a mint on. Tea, I must still up. It is, sip their tea, a quarter of an hour later, I know everything about their divorced parents, her four cousins and their vacation plans. When I on the Deutsche Bahn rail to begin rising enthusiasts. Common enemies always weld together. As the conversation back to Papa slip, wimmle I wish them good journey with Deutsche Bahn.
Meanwhile, I am seriously thinking, where the morale problem on the resale of tickets is Lidl. Somewhere I read that German schools to introduce ethics - perhaps I leave the matter rest until the next generation of them answered me.
It rings again, an enthusiastic student. "Man, only 77 euros, all the others want to 100th" That I so quickly from villain to Gutmenschen Ascended am irritated me. Geht doch.
When I check my emails later, I find a message from mitfahrgelegenheit.de - because the platform
only thought was a lift, but with such sales will be flooded, they would need to remove our offer. They have but with so-nice words explained that I liked the staff as a teacher ethics would suggest. I will send my brother's e-mail. He extended the same offer to a big city and load it again. Tragically back with my cell phone number.
Late in the evening the phone rings again: "I saw you give away a van, is yet to have?" Van Which is this supposed to be? The answer is simple: An idealist, the resale of tickets reprehensible Lidl will have my mobile phone number with a Van advertised - for free of course. "No, already gone," I am astounded.
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Henceforth the phone is ringing incessantly. One gave Van is still prized as Lidl tickets. As a competition with myself, I measure how fast the people I am mobile loswerde. "No, already gone," zack opened - ten seconds of the record. Even with three o 'clock at night the phone rings. I put only after 18 seconds, because I still insert: "You know really how late we have?" At night by three duze I clock on the phone each, and certainly people who believe, by an unknown Van a gift to get. Anyway, who wants to have snow at this drive? Now the phone.
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And the mailbox in the morning full lunches. Of course, I call back and not come to the conclusion that it is morally unacceptable, the mobile phone number of foreign people to abuse. When the phone rings, I will with sporty ambition finally the Ten-second break sound barrier - and can barely find that a good friend is on it.
The next caller will get a lift again. I explain to him that there are actually tickets are as big in the ad is - "Lidl you sell tickets, you wanker!" I put up and wonder whether it is morally defensible, someone who sells tickets Lidl, wanker than to describe.
Fortunately, I meet you after all the train sense the only right decision: I say to my brother, that I gave him to buy the remaining tickets and the same procedure. He leaves it to me for 55 euros. I believe him now for a moral people, but wants to help in the moral questions again nine class visit.
"Actually, you do not do anything," was my brother said. Take the train high prices because all insane? I let my two-day trip in capitalism review. "Actually, nothing happens. Nothing," I tell myself. And sleep, although only a few hours I was awake.