26 May
2013
26 May
'13
6:30 p.m.
On Sun, 26 May 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 05/26/2013 07:58 PM, Richard wrote:
That phrase is used to justify lots of sleazy behavior in our society
today.
Taking advantage of people is sleazy. The old guy got taken advantage of,
plain and simple. If "that's capitalism", then capitalism is sleazy.
Taken advantage of to the tune of more than $500,000 seems more than just
sleazy. The repair cost of the Apple I board couldn't have been all that
much, but even if it had been say $250.00 or even $1000.00 (which I
suspect it was /far/ less), the middleman still took advantage of someone
who is 84 years old. Maybe some people can do something like this and
still sleep at night, but I couldn't.
On another note, I wonder if Fred Hatfield has any stories he could tell
us about his experience with the Apple I and early user community?
Exactly.
That's the part that is bothering me. The guy who bought it from
Fred Hatfield paid $40,000 just a few months earlier and purposefully did
not tell Mr. Hatfield what he planned to turn around and auction it for.
To me, this is just plain wrong.
No, it's capitalism.