EC-1 fiasco....

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Fri Nov 3 15:08:05 2000

Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com> wrote:
> Normally, I'm not a mean person.
>
> Michael, you're an asshole.
>
> #1 was sending out a message titled "FS: Heathkit EC-1" when you had no
> intention of selling it.
> #2 was forwarding private correspondence to the list where no one fucking
> cares that I think you were not being completely honest in your email.

Hi Chuck
 Your right, it was a cheap trick. He may have already known what
the eBay prices were or should have known. Still, maybe he didn't
know. Being in the business of selling this stuff, it is
his job to know but maybe he didn't realize that these
were common on eBay and never looked. Of cource, if he
did know and was trolling our mail group, then shame on
him for having poor ethics.
 There is a fellow that trolls the comp.lang.forth news
group for Jupiter Ace computers. He knows that these
get good prices on eBay. He has sold a couple already.
One would think that he was actually interest in the machine
but he is just a reseller. As much as the ethics of these
fellows could be improved, much equipment would have been
scrapped if not for the middle men that matched the source
with the destination.
 I have had a fellow that honestly contacted me about locating
any Canon Cats. He was up front and stated that he was
looking for one of these to sell to a client. This level
of honesty is rare so they are not all looking for the
next way to trick you.
Dwight
Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 15:08:05 GMT