Selling things a sin?

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I don’t know where this post belongs but sonce it has to do with Catholic living I though I’d post it here.

So my friend gave me their old iphone, and I originally was going to use it but I don’t want to pay for the data plan. Is it wrong for me to sell it? I texted her about it, heres the onversation:

Me: “30 bucks a month is a lot… that’s 1200 for my college life of which I won’t have a job”
Her: “Yea I know, that’s what I was saying! 30 dollars a month can be better spent”
Me: “Do you want it back? I can pawn it off or sell it if you don’t want it haha”
Her: “Haha it doesn’t matter, whatever’s easier”
Me: “What if I get like 100 bucks selling it, I’d feel really bad haha”
Her: “Haha well its up to you”
Me: " Haha alright, I might see if anyone wants it, if I have time"
Her: “Kay”

It seems like shes okay with it if I sell it, but for some reason I feel like Im deceiving her and sinning. I found a person who will buy it for $125… Any thoughts?
 
She said it’s up to you, and with all those “haha’s” why worry? 🙂 If she had a problem I think she would have said. If you really feel all that bad though, you could always give her half of what you sell it for, that would be a nice gesture.
 
since she gave it to you, techinically you probably have the right to do whatever you want with it.

I like the idea of splitting the profit though. She gets half, cuz it was her phone, and you get half because you did the selling. Seems like a good deal to me!
 
Sell it, give her half. That way, neither of you feel like you were taken advantage of…
 
If you really like the phone, you can still use it without the data plan. If you go to a technical forum (especially one dedicated to the iPhone), someone would be able to tell you how to deactivate the cellular data component and you can save the money. You can still use WiFi networks. You don’t need to tell the carrier about the phone, just change the SIM chip out with your own.
 
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