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(a)neurotica.com>
To: "Todd Nathan" <big_boy_toddy(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: <cctalk(a)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!