ZX81 Kits, socialist pinko left wingers and the right.

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Sat Jun 7 19:10:00 2003

My problem is with the people who are stupid enough to raise their price
so high that *no one* pays for it.

Peace... Sridhar

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Todd Nathan wrote:

> What cracks me up is that someone has the nuts
> to accuse another in a free market system of greed.
> What are you, some kind of socialist that another
> owes you? Somebody purchases at their expense (where
> is your money bub?), store at their expense (garage
> or otherwise costs money), market at their expense
> (if possible, were do you market such stuff these
> days, eBay seems only viable option), and still get
> them in the hands of those folks that enjoy and want
> to buy one. 20 years ago your labor was a lot less
> than it costs today, I speculate somewhere in the
> range of 20-30% of what it is today. That makes
> your labor costs today about 300-400% more today
> than they were then. I don't see anyone accusing
> you of being a greedy guy cause you get paid 200-300%
> more than you did in the early 80s, or maybe you don't
> work and suck of the nipple of the govern-mint.
>
> Just some thoughts. Hope you have a nice day!
Received on Sat Jun 07 2003 - 19:10:00 BST