16 Jul
2005
16 Jul
'05
11:02 p.m.
At 04:34 PM 7/16/05 -0500, Pat wrote:
Joe R. declared on Saturday 16 July 2005 04:15 pm:
He can use E-bay's system. That's how I contacted him. Go to an E-bay
page that has Dennis's user id and click on it and it will open a form that
you can enter your message in and e-bay will send the message to him and
along with the sender's real E-mail address. Dennis can reply directly if
he sees fit. Obviously the complainers have made no real effort to contact
Dennis. And no, I will not give out Dennis's name or address without his
permission. I'd do the same for any for any of you and I think he deserves
the same consideration. I think the only reason that we're having this
entire argument is that Dennis isn't a member of this list. I haven't heard
any complaints about Al or myself or anyone else on this list over-paying
on E-bay. I agree with James Rice, if I see something that I WANT on E-bay
NO-ONE is going to outbid me on it! I once paid OVER $500 for a single plug
in ROM for the HP-41 and I don't regret it a bit!
At 01:45 PM 7/16/05 -0400, Evan wrote:
Ok, since it's clear that Sellam doesn't know how to contact Dennis, how
do you expect him to ask Dennis about his intentions? But what if I started buying
every Curta to be found for that price, and refused to tell anyone
my identity or intentions?
Has Dennis "refused" to identify himself or his intentions? Have
YOU written to him and asked him??? I'm sure you haven't! I've
contacted him and talked to him and I have no complaints. If you had
the courtesy to contact Dennis directly and ask him politely about his
computer interest I'm sure he would be happy to explain to you but
instead you attack him as an "irresponsible renegade".
Maybe someone who knows him could post what Dennis's intentions are to
the mailing list, which have more of an effect on ending this thread
than just bitching about wether or not he's doing the right thing
without giving any explanation.
I don't see that Dennis owes an explaination to this list and I won't
speak for him. I've already sent him a message about this idiocy. He can
respond if he wants to but personally I wouldn't blame him if he just
ignored the whole thing.
Joe
Pat
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