18 Jan
2007
18 Jan
'07
7:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M H Stein" <dm561 at torfree.net>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Cc: <sellam at vintagetech.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: cctalk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 52
Good will is over rated in the business world. The few things I purchased
Date: Thu, 18
Jan 2007 12:58:14 -0500
From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net>
Subject: RE: Ebay idiocy
<snip>
The man just wants some reassurance that his time
and hard work
will be appreciated. What's wrong with that? More people in
our hobby should be that devoted!
- Evan
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A rather naive perspective, I think. Aside from whatever personal
interest he may have in classic computers, he's also in it for the
money and apparently wants to generate enough traffic for VCM
to generate revenue and potentially sell it for some ridiculous
(IPO) amount.
As Warren points out, competing with eBay is a rather dubious
business proposition anyway, but ranting at and offending his
potential customer base with foul language for doing business
with his "competition" does not strike me as a very effective way
of creating the good will that a successful business venture needs;
he should spend his time advertising and promoting VCM instead.
mike
(cc to Sellam) from VCM were things that I wanted and were cheaper
then I could find
anywhere else. For the most part VCM does not have listed what I
like to
collect, or is more expensive then what I can find on ebay.
Sellam seems to post on the list when he is looking for something to resell
and make some money, I seem to recall he got pissed when I referred to him
as a dealer. If Sellam expects the people here to do all his advertising and
build up users for him so HE can someday cash out he is dumber then I
thought.
TZ