Slightly OT: Ethics

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 09:39:23 2004

At 04:53 AM 4/21/04 -0400, you wrote:
>So about 2.5 years ago, I bought an SGI machine off ebay and the guy let me
>borrow the IRIX 6.5 media. I never sent them back and contacted him like 4
>months later and said "Whoa I forgot to send them back, can I have your
>address?" I meant to send them, but forgot *again*. I have tried to email
>him every 5-6 months for the past two years, but his e-mail is dead (domain
>name is gone) and his ebay account hasn't been used since 2002. What do I
>do?
>
>I am thinking it'd be okay to sell the CDs and if I ever do by some chance
>find him again, then I can give him the money.
>
>I feel really bad about this.
>
>Any advice?

   You should still have his S-mail address. Drop him a card or a letter
explaining the situation and ask for his phone number and/or E-mail
address. Once you have that you should be able to arrange to get the stuff
back to him.

    Joe


>
>---
>Thanks,
>Torquil MacCorkle, III
>Lexington, Virginia
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 09:39:23 BST