A LART is needed (was: VCF 4.0)

-> > > Aaron Nabil <nabil(a)SpiritOne.com> . . . -> -> -> And I'll make one up... -> -> Vendor X hauls a bunch of stuff down to VCF n, some of which he sells. -> People are interested in what he has, but aren't willing to pay what he -> thinks are reasonable prices. He has a warehouse of the stuff, realizes -> that there is going to be a VCF n+1 and that the same people will be there -> and the value of his warehouse of stuff will only go up. If he gives his -> stuff away, those will simply be sales he won't make next year, and he may -> be creating the impression that if you wait long enough everything will be -> "free" or "any offer accepted" at the end, thus driving down sales and -> prices even further. So he throws things in the dumpster, taking care to -> smash them extra hard on the way in. -> -> That's a prefectly reasonable rationale, and the Vendor X doesn't become -> any more "unreasonable" or less "sane" or "logical" becuase he didn't -> hand out a leaflet explaining what he was doing. This isn't a reasonable rationale at all. Again, with greed as the prime motivation here, what appears to others as irrational actions occurs. Just because the seller has a reason for his actions doesn't make it reasonable, rational or sane. The fact that he refuses to explain his actions is a clue that he also knows his rationale for his actions is unacceptable. His actions are no more justified than the other seller who claims he heard a voice inside his head telling him to blow up the VCF because every is plotting against him to ensure that he doesn't sell anything.