ZX81 Kits, socialist pinko left wingers and the right.

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jun 7 19:31:13 2003

He probably doesnt want to be bothered with alot of small orders, just ones
that are worth the money to do. Some people would rather not sell a unit
unless its worth it finacially, nothing that uncommon (especially since he
has the market cornered).


----- Original Message -----
From: <vance_at_neurotica.com>
To: "Todd Nathan" <big_boy_toddy_at_yahoo.com>
Cc: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: ZX81 Kits, socialist pinko left wingers and the right.


> 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 - 19:31:13 BST