Buying Items on Ebay?

[CorwinBrute]

And I think the buyers are fools for spending money on things of no intrinsic worth.

Ah, but we do that all the time. After all, the value of a loaf of bred is generally much greater than the intrinsic value of the flour, water... used to make it.

People spend their money in order to get "intrinsic value" and/or "service". Am I a fool if I pay to take the bus or the subway while my legs could obviously carry me to where I want to go, even if it takes much longer ? To pay a travel agency to organize my holidays while I could do the hotel booking, arrange the car rental, plan my airplane travel... all by myself ?

Some people consider buying game items instead of looking for them by themselves exactly in the same way. They think (and for this, there is no "right" or "wrong") that they will get a better enjoyment of the game if they have those items, and make the trade off of giving some extra cash in order to avoid the hassle of looking for them (either through playing or in-game trading).