Selling my Headphones to Y class passengers
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Selling my Headphones to Y class passengers
I carry my own headphones with me. When I get an upgrade on a flight without direct TV i would like to sell my continental supplied headphones to the Y class passengers. Do you think i would have a problem with the flight attendants if i walk down the isle and try to sell my headphones and accept cash for them in the 'cash less' cabins?
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What a bad idea. The airplane isn't a space for you to operate your own business transactions with other passengers.
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I doubt this would go over well.
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How much are you going to sell them for 2 or 3 USD? Just give them away, it's not worth the hassel.
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You'd make a lot more money bringing in a bag of Big Macs and selling those in coach.
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Don't know about a "rule", but as other's have said it is a BAD IDEA and will not go over well. If you did it you would be starting a thread next week about how the FA yelled at you and shamed you for selling your headset for $2 to Y pax.
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Good question. i think 2 USD would be fine. If the outbound flight has direct TV then they will be 'free'. I will take a few handfuls when boarding the plane. When the return flight does not have direct TV i can sell them for $2.
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I carry my own headphones with me. When I get an upgrade on a flight without direct TV i would like to sell my continental supplied headphones to the Y class passengers. Do you think i would have a problem with the flight attendants if i walk down the isle and try to sell my headphones and accept cash for them in the 'cash less' cabins?
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I would imagine that there is a wealth of legal support that says you cannot.
At the very least, it would be incredibly tacky and bizarre behavior, which would result in an embarrassing admonition by a flight attendant.
On the opposite extreme, your unauthorized sale of goods on board a Continental aircraft, especially if it is an international flight, could land you in legal trouble, which may be a prosecutable offense. This is perhaps an even more likely scenario given that fact that you would be competing with CO for headset sales aboard the airplane. The airplane is not a public place where goods can be sold or bartered in the absence of legislation that says otherwise.
At the very least, it would be incredibly tacky and bizarre behavior, which would result in an embarrassing admonition by a flight attendant.
On the opposite extreme, your unauthorized sale of goods on board a Continental aircraft, especially if it is an international flight, could land you in legal trouble, which may be a prosecutable offense. This is perhaps an even more likely scenario given that fact that you would be competing with CO for headset sales aboard the airplane. The airplane is not a public place where goods can be sold or bartered in the absence of legislation that says otherwise.
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That wasn't my point. You need that $2 that badly? And I'm not sure the FA's will just let you take a handful to sell yourself. That is stealing Continental's headphone that they would sell, so YOU can sell THEIR product. Great idea!
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I once sat next to a woman and her child in Y. I had a couple of sets of the old $5 earphones from earlier travel. The woman purchased one set at $5 and was trying to share them with her son - each using one ear piece.
I gave her a set and she was pleased - made my day.
I gave her a set and she was pleased - made my day.
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That is possibly the prick'est idea I have ever heard of. I think you are a bad person for even thinking about selling headphones to other passengers and no less ones that you received for free - very aggro and bad karma like. Bad on you.