At 11:47 PM 3/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
>I can summarize this whole affair in four statements:
You left out a few:
>4. The {vultures|speculators} take over and pick the {carcass|hobby}
> clean.
5. The fad dies out and the market collapses.
6. The {rubes|investors} begin to bail, selling their
{collectibles|investment} for whatever they can get.
7. The poor guys from the beginning buy up the now plentiful supply at
rock-bottom prices.
In the end, the vultures and poor schmoes are happy, the suckers get
fleeced, and all is well with the world.
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Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 20:38:43 GMT