18 Jan
2007
18 Jan
'07
7:02 p.m.
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:58:14 -0500
From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net>
Subject: RE: Ebay idiocy
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The man just wants some reassurance that his time and
hard work
will be appreciated. What's wrong with that? More people in
our hobby should be that devoted!
- Evan
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A rather naive perspective, I think. Aside from whatever personal
interest he may have in classic computers, he's also in it for the
money and apparently wants to generate enough traffic for VCM
to generate revenue and potentially sell it for some ridiculous
(IPO) amount.
As Warren points out, competing with eBay is a rather dubious
business proposition anyway, but ranting at and offending his
potential customer base with foul language for doing business
with his "competition" does not strike me as a very effective way
of creating the good will that a successful business venture needs;
he should spend his time advertising and promoting VCM instead.
mike
(cc to Sellam)