23 May
2001
23 May
'01
1:41 p.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2001 10:37:22 -0700 (PDT) Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com>
writes:
The seller is a Goodwill picker; a middle-man; at best
an
opportunist; at worst a scoundrel. He's selling direct from a
Goodwill shelf in a store somewhere, to you.
I think this aspect is important to consider in this case.
You're looking at the glass as half empty. There are at least three
major aspects which you have *not* considered:
1. He came to us, first.
2. Once he found out it was valuable, he didn't take it to E-Bay.
3. Everyone on this list had a fair shot at it.
Opportunist? Maybe-- he got lucky and wanted to ca$h in. Good for
him. Is that such a crime? If you had a way to sell 'lucky breaks',
you'd have folks beating a path to your door.
Scoundrel? Only if he misrepresents himself or the merchandise;
on this forum, it is best to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Alot more than $0.02 but I think it needed saying . . .
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23 May
23 May
5:23 p.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
You're looking at the glass as half empty. There
are at least three
major aspects which you have *not* considered:
1. He came to us, first.
Only to see how much it was worth.
2. Once he found out it was valuable, he didn't
take it to E-Bay.
It doesn't cost anything to sell it on CC.
3. Everyone on this list had a fair shot at it.
Only Chris knows where the Goodwill is that houses this machine.
Yes, the glass is half empty, but someone drank the other half.
I'm a pessimistic optimist anyway.
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8:06 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Sellam Ismail once stated:
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
We don't know that for sure. He saw the system and was curious as to what
it was. I think several people emailed him wanting to buy it (Louis was the
only one that did it via this list, from the recipients listed on the
updates I think the others sent him email privately. I indicated an
interested to the list, but I'm not that interested in buying it). I think
he saw an opportunity and took advantage of it.
I don't think it's that bad in what he did. Price is a bit high for my
tastes but I guess there are people out there that really want a Cannon Cat.
What if he had gone: ``I have several people who offered to buy it from
me. Should I auction it off here, or what?''
-spc (But yeah, he does have to learn to quote properly 8-)
You're looking at the glass as half empty.
There are at least three
major aspects which you have *not* considered:
1. He came to us, first.
Only to see how much it was worth. 
24 May
24 May
2:03 a.m.
At 07:23 PM 5/23/01 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
I think George Carlin said, "some say the glass is half full,
others say it is half empty. I say I see a glass that's twice
as big as it needs to be."
As for the Cat, the guy was smart enough to notice it and
know it might be useful to this list - this puts him a notch
above the person who dumpsters classics, and above the
person who wants to sell their C-64 system for $300.
So he learned it was worth 10x or 20x of what he might
pay for it at Goodwill... what do you expect him to do,
if he's not interested in keeping it for his collection?
(If he has a collection. :) Selling it is human nature.
Profit brought this machine to the list.
- John
You're looking at the glass as half empty.
There are at least three
major aspects which you have *not* considered:
Yes, the glass is half empty, but
someone drank the other half.
5:11 a.m.
On Thu, 24 May 2001, John Foust wrote:
Profit brought this machine to the list.
Or maybe greed.
(Couldn't resist...you made it too easy :)
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