15 Dec
1998
15 Dec
'98
6:20 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
It would not be pointless: it would make the seller's intentions clear.
And it would not be unenforceable. It would be difficult and unlikely to
be enforced, just like most laws.
If the goal is
to ensure that it stays in the hands of a collector who
will maintain it and not resell it for profit, then I think a simple
contract could be drawn up to help ensure that, and those conditions could
be stated in the ad.
Such a contract would be pointlessly unenforceable. Nobody should ever feel guilty for wanting to sell
anything in their
collection for any reason.
There was no guilt trip implied. If money was the only motivation, then
this isn't the best forum to sell. If passing it on to another collector
was the motive, then offering it here is no guarantee of that.
-- Doug