Listserver Auction, was Re: Canon Cat

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed May 23 14:37:38 2001

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2001, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
>
> > That's fer sure! At least here, we're bidding amongst friends;
> > auctions are kinda silly for (relatively) common or inexpensive items,
>
> The seller is a Goodwill picker; a middle-man; at best an opportunist; at
> worst a scoundrel. He's selling direct from a Goodwill shelf in a store
> somewhere, to you.
>
> I think this aspect is important to consider in this case.

Why? I always thought that saving the equipment was the important thing, and
where it came from is irrelevant. Who loses if it hadn't been brought to the
attention of the list? FWIW, I don't know how many people here browse Ebay
and other sites regularly, and putting up for auction here sounds like a
really good idea!!! Credit should be given instead of criticism!!!!!!!
Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 14:37:38 BST