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Date:         Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:01:49 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Nice set of Vanagon Alloys on Ebay
In-Reply-To:  <F96aztLLFS1eZwL9k1N0002199b@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote:

> You use EBay for your reasons, I'll use it for mine. Certainly my concern > has nothing to do with MAXIMIZING the profit a seller makes. That is where > you are cornfused. Part of being an Ebay buyer is being able to find that > little nugget. And yes, getting it for 1/2 or less what I would pay for it > anywhere else.

i.e., "I liked ebay better when no one else knew about it and you could cheat sellers out of a fair price for their items."

As the saying goes, "It's worth what someone will pay for it."

_ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."


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