Some people are just more chatty on the phone than on the keyboard.
I've talked with Paul regarding various parts (and Paul, I apologize
for not being timely in my responses, I need to call you back to work
out the last details) and he's very friendly and informative. He just
doesn't type out paragraphs and paragraphs on the list. I wouldn't
even assume that everyone on this mailing list is a touch typer,
considering the audience.
For me, I hope Paul continues to post, even if its a 1-liner response
to a thread that says "I have these".
I note that Paul doesn't initiate these threads, he simply responds
with availability information when its relevant.
As for the "for sale" business, I find that unless someone says flat
out in their message that its free for cost of shipping, or whatever,
that there is always some horse trading or implied sale going on. I
expect that most of us would easily pick up something that we came
upon with fire sale prices just so we could turn it around to another
collector for a little cash to subsidize purchases of stuff we
collect.
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