Now Jeffrey,
> charging exhorbitant prices for things that ClassicCmpers like
With you having an email address of ... sales_at_subatomix.com ...
( which has a pretty commercial ring to it )
That you use for your eBay sales under the ID ... xor-ax-ax
Parting out systems ( you pick up at surplus? ), and selling the parts
on eBay ( for as much as you can get for them?) ( as evidenced by no
low "Buy-It-Now" prices? )
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=xor-ax-ax&include=0&since=30&sort=3&rows=0
Incidently, I see that your parts on eBay aren't selling too well
currently/recently, but I had seen that you have had some pretty
good sales in the past.
Which incidently was EXACTLY the same thing THAT I WAS DOING.
> charging exhorbitant prices for things that ClassicCmpers like
And I did sell a part for $1 one time. Do you feel that was
exhorbitantly high?
I never found fault with you. Or passed judgement on you.
How is it you feel you have a right to pass judgement on me?
That time I talked to you on the phone, you wanted MORE for your CMD ( disk
only )
controller than I ever could have gotten for one. Did you offer that part
to the list
first, FREE ( or very nearly so ) to good home?
As a matter of fact, there have been times that I was wanting LESS for some
of my parts than I've seen them sell for on eBay. ( Though it was only a
couple of times. )
> So you are scared that this book may educate people
No, I was concerned that the data sources might be incomplete and fail to
"conveniently"
acknowledge the commercial market sector. You know, that portion of the
economy that
is encumbered with real expenses ( like marketing expenses, payroll, taxes,
etc. ) and that
provides jobs ( for those that still have one ) and therefore has to charge
prices for their goods
and services which allows them to meet those expenses and remain in
operation. Don't lament
when you're out of work, when you have previously condemned that sector
that provided you
your jobs. Don't lament when you see the value of your retirement accounts
decline in value when
you condemn those companies that your very same account is invested in,
decline in value, as
you complain about their prices ( no competent fund manager invests funds
in the average eBay
seller ). This thing called the economy is something we are all in
together. Soil that where you
eat, and you may find the food no longer edible.
> Maybe it is to have access to equipment-available announcements in the
> hope that you can get there first and resell for serious green.
I only ever picked up one system. I traded that system to a hobbyist up
in Maryland for only a few parts that he didn't need. No cash whatsoever.
I also drove it halfway up there to him, with me covering the expenses of
doing so. He drove down and we met halfway. I also gave him, no charge,
a couple of extra parts I already had, that he seemed to have a use for.
I did end up selling a couple of those parts which he traded for and recovered
what costs I had into it. But it was only fair compensation for the work I had
into it. I can't help but feeling you would have done the same, with you being
an eBay seller and all that.
I know I saw you said that you were a poor student. How do you know that
my situation was not similar. Are you the kind of person that would like to be
paid as well as you possibly can, yet condemn others for desiring the same?
You know, I used to believe that if everybody worked together, everybody
could see some benefit from that cooperative relationship, whether that be
parts you have a use for, or cash to buy parts you want, etc. There have been
times that I could have run something by you that would have helped you out,
but previous contact seemed to indicate that you were all about yourself only.
I have since given up. My impression was that you can't stand to see anyone
else realize any benefit from their contribution. You want it all for
yourself. So
you have closed off those opportunities.
Remember that biblical quote ... Let he who is without sin cast the first
stone.?
I'm definitely can tell you ...
I have a personal pet peeve with people that have double standards.
I do not like to pay people in any professional manner that previous
experience
with them shows they would not reciprocate equivocally.
You set the stage. YMMV.
Mail List <mail.list_at_analog-and-digital-solutions.com>
At 08:00 PM 11/7/02 -0600, you wrote:
>On Thursday, November 7, 2002, Mail List wrote:
> > Is there a hobbyist discount? Something like $30.00 off the cover price
> > with FREE shipping!!! If not, I might just rather wait until they are on
> > eBay.
>
>It seems odd that a reseller like yourself, charging exhorbitant prices for
>things that ClassicCmpers like, would ask the above questions, even in
>satire. How ironic. How asinine.
>
>In another email, Mail List wrote:
> > If the valuation data is based solely or primarily on eBay data and/or
> > hobbyist opinion, then it would be failing to acknowledge a serious
> > segment of the market, ie the commercial market in "out of production",
> > "end of life" computer components.
>
>Ah: your real motive! So you are scared that this book may educate people,
>and then those people may be less willing to pay the high prices you demand.
>It's all about money, isn't it?
>
>One has to wonder why you are subscribed to this list. Maybe it is to have
>access to equipment-available announcements in the hope that you can get
>there first and resell for serious green. Maybe I would think of that as
>exploitation. Maybe others here would think so as well.
>
>I'm with Sellam on this one.
>
>--
>Jeffrey Sharp
Received on Fri Nov 08 2002 - 09:48:01 GMT