17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
6:47 p.m.
(I often think that the downside of ebay is that an
item goes to the person > with the deepest pockets, and they're not necessarily the
best person to treat > an item nicely)>> >> So eBay is precisely like every
other market on the planet.>> >> Shocking. <rolls eyes>><rolls
eyes back> I don't think that I claimed that it wasn't. My point was >that
it often has a downside when it comes to getting items to people who are >best capable
of preserving them for future generations.
My appologies, Jules.
I had taken your comment as Yet Another instance of the weekly "eBay sucks because
people pay more than I would and, as a special snowflake Classic Computer person, I'm
an authority and anyone who pays more than I would is an idiot" thread, when in
reality it was Yet Another instance of the weekly "eBay sucks because anyone who
outbids me is certainly almost possibly definately as far as I'm concerned, as a
Special Snowflake classic computer person, unworthy to own it" thread. I sometimes
lack the patience to keep track of the multitude of ways that list members condescend to
the world at large.
My bad.