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		solnyshok on April 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera o... correct maths are: merchant gets 10000 then returns 10000 and still has to pay 7000 to vendor for the goods. net loss is 7K, not 17K

dougk16 on April 7, 2013 [–]

You could also say the total loss is 10K to the merchant, assuming he has a reasonable expectation of making that 3K profit...that is getting a little abstract about it though.

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