15 Dec
1998
15 Dec
'98
7:57 a.m.
Doug Yowza:
<FontFamily><param>Arial</param>On
Tue, 15 Dec 1998, John Foust wrote:<FontFamily><param>Courier</param>
<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>> > What's next, purity
tests and monthly check-ups to insure that
> everyone's mind and body are innocent enough
to own and sell
> old computers?
That's an idea. Do you think there's a greed
gene we could test for?
The point was that there's more than one
motivation for selling something,
and money alone isn't always it. Offering a
computer to this list
when a more efficient market is known implies to me
that money is not
the prime motivator, so if the seller has something
else in mind,
shouldn't steps be taken to ensure that those
wishes are honored?
</color>Or at least to give the fellows a first shoot.
<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>> > If some Microsoft
millionaire wants to pay stupid prices for
> old junk, what'ya gonna do, resort to
vigilante indoctrination
> until they're willing to waste weekends
searching thrift stores?
> There's no use getting upset about the right
edge of the bell
> curve of Altair prices.
I have no problem with high prices being paid, but I
have problems with
high prices being *publicized* because it directly
affects me and the
hobby in a negative way.
</color>Only because some people think this is a measurement _and_
other collectors are willing to pay higher prices as they
where before.
<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>> But this isn't a rant about
prices, it's about expectations of behavior in
this "community." We can no longer assume
that everybody on this list is
interested in the preservation of old computers, so it
doesn't make sense
to offer "special" deals here with the
expectation that the machines will
get "special" treatment.
<color><param>0000,0000,8000</param>Gut gebruellt Loewe, but whats a
'good' member and whats not ?
Do you want to set up a second list with 'invitation only'
sign at the front desk ? This would just keep newbees (people
born later than 1968like almost half the people here I guess)
out and then ?
I just assume everybody here has the same (or at least similar)
motivation and feeling toward the ol'metal as me - until proved
false.
Gruss
hans
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK