27 Sep
2002
27 Sep
'02
4:23 a.m.
Who IS this arrogant, manipulative bloodsucker? The list has been sooooo
peaceful lately . . .
From: Mail List
<mail.list(a)analog-and-digital-solutions.com>
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: (no subject)
Date: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:19 AM
First, a plea to our patriotism:
If anyone has the below part, and want's to cough
it up to help the
US military, let me know.
Next, a (false) attestation of indifference:
Know this though, it's not my problem,
and I'm not too concerned about it.
.. and an implication that "Mail List" will not benefit from this
transaction:
If you have it, you won't be helping
me, you will be helping your own military.
.. followed by another attempt to appeal to our sense of patriotic duty:
I read that some of you
hate the government, etc., but some of you are also ex-military and
might be willing to assist them.
But wait:
I'm not going to release enough
information that would make it possible for you to contact them direct,
so it will go through me, or it won't go at all.
If he's "not too concerned" about the outcome, why is he jealously
controlling the flow of information?
If you're one of the ones
that generally spouts about dealer prices and prices on eBay being
too high, and feel that you should never pay anyone else very much
for anything, you better have a low price yourself, or we're not going
to be willing to have any involvement with you.
Translation: He wants to Buy Low and Sell High.
After all, who of you
would want to have anything to do with people that say one thing and
do another.
I hope that none of the listmembers would choose to deal with someone who
would present such a sleazy proposal.
Please, whoever you are, this list is not a commercial venue. It is for
those who choose to restore, preserve, collect, and USE classic computing
equipment. Although many of us do trade and sell equipment, we do so in
order to support our hobby, not in anticipation of a quick, fat profit at
someone else's expense. If you choose to deal in these items on a
for-profit basis, so be it, but this is not the place to do so.
My apologies to the listmembers for the rant.
Glen
0/0
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if not now, when?
-- Pirkei Avot
28 Sep
28 Sep
5:31 a.m.
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:
Who IS this arrogant, manipulative bloodsucker? The
list has been sooooo
peaceful lately . . .
This is "Bennett", right? Is it the same guy who used to post with a
return addy of dec.parts(a)verizon.net - "Info from LSI"?
Doc
11:58 a.m.
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:
At 12:32 PM 9/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
Well, I told everyone that wanted to know that I'd hold my tongue
unless he started fucking around again. Looks like he's fucking around
again.
About February or so, I was working part-time for a local scrapper,
and on a pickup run we were shown a DEC rack, and asked if we would take
it. My boss said yes, I said nothing, while memorizing the label and
what details I could, and the owners said they'd call when the red tape
was ready.
Some of y'all might remember what happened after that. I posted to
ClassicCmp that night, asking if a PDP-11/93 was worth buying at 2x
scrap rates. The next day, my OTHER boss, who is also my best friend,
called to tell me that some guy was trying to queer my pitch.
Evidently, Bennett tracked our company website from my email address,
and found Mark's business number and email. Mark said Bennett sent him
several emails, then called to tell him that the merchandise "I was
telling him was worthless" was actually very valuable, and offered to
buy it directly from Mark. He forwarded Mark a very nicely edited copy
of my post to CCmp, making it look like I knew the machine was valuable,
and that I intended to mislead my employer about that.
Mark, being my friend, never told Bennett that he had no clue what was
going on, or that I had another job that involved salvage. He simply
told the guy that he would ask me about it, He also told Bennett that
if we got the PDP-11, he would get back in touch. His presence of mind
kept Bennett from tracking down my other employer, who *would* have sold
it out from under me.
Mark then called me, told me what was happening, and told me "If you
can't afford it, MDR will pick it up, and we'll take this asshole for a
ride on it." Like I said, he's my friend.
If anybody wants to see this in print, I have my original post, and
the forwarded copies of "Info from LSI's" email to my boss.
And Bennett, just in case you wondered since then, I *did* get that
rack. It was indeed a /93, with a M8981-BA, a M5977-AA, and a M3106,
with an RZ24 and TZ30.
And, the identical backup unit came with it. Same configuration.
For a total cost of $80.
I'm not usually given to profanity on public lists, but,
Fuck You, ya stupid jerk. I win.
Doc
This is "Bennett", right? Is it the
same guy who used to post with a
return addy of dec.parts(a)verizon.net - "Info from LSI"?
Yes, it is 
12:56 p.m.
Good for you, Doc!
Joe
At 06:57 PM 9/28/02 -0500, Doc wrote:
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:
At 12:32 PM 9/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
Well, I told everyone that wanted to know that I'd hold my tongue
unless he started fucking around again. Looks like he's fucking around
again.
About February or so, I was working part-time for a local scrapper,
and on a pickup run we were shown a DEC rack, and asked if we would take
it. My boss said yes, I said nothing, while memorizing the label and
what details I could, and the owners said they'd call when the red tape
was ready.
Some of y'all might remember what happened after that. I posted to
ClassicCmp that night, asking if a PDP-11/93 was worth buying at 2x
scrap rates. The next day, my OTHER boss, who is also my best friend,
called to tell me that some guy was trying to queer my pitch.
Evidently, Bennett tracked our company website from my email address,
and found Mark's business number and email. Mark said Bennett sent him
several emails, then called to tell him that the merchandise "I was
telling him was worthless" was actually very valuable, and offered to
buy it directly from Mark. He forwarded Mark a very nicely edited copy
of my post to CCmp, making it look like I knew the machine was valuable,
and that I intended to mislead my employer about that.
Mark, being my friend, never told Bennett that he had no clue what was
going on, or that I had another job that involved salvage. He simply
told the guy that he would ask me about it, He also told Bennett that
if we got the PDP-11, he would get back in touch. His presence of mind
kept Bennett from tracking down my other employer, who *would* have sold
it out from under me.
Mark then called me, told me what was happening, and told me "If you
can't afford it, MDR will pick it up, and we'll take this asshole for a
ride on it." Like I said, he's my friend.
If anybody wants to see this in print, I have my original post, and
the forwarded copies of "Info from LSI's" email to my boss.
And Bennett, just in case you wondered since then, I *did* get that
rack. It was indeed a /93, with a M8981-BA, a M5977-AA, and a M3106,
with an RZ24 and TZ30.
And, the identical backup unit came with it. Same configuration.
For a total cost of $80.
I'm not usually given to profanity on public lists, but,
Fuck You, ya stupid jerk. I win.
Doc
This is "Bennett", right? Is it the
same guy who used to post with a
return addy of dec.parts(a)verizon.net - "Info from LSI"?
Yes, it is
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