The Significant Objects Project

danariely.com

15 pointsdwwoelfel2 comments

Came over here to wonder that lying about the provenance of the items you're selling is a bit beyond the windy side of the law, but apparently they make it clear that the stories are fictitious!

http://danariely.com/2009/12/25/the-significant-objects-proj...

"Also its not fraud as they are not keeping the money, the money goes to the authors of the stories."

The buyers (i.e. the people being defrauded) might disagree.

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