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Date:         Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:08:07 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: recycled german parts / e-e-e-eBay
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In a message dated 3/25/04 10:48:11 AM, R. Salmon writes:

<< Yes it is. But must I remind you that we live in a capitalist country - one that actually encourages and rewards bald faced capitalism! . . . (a bunch of stuff) . . . But you can't complain about someone who followed the rules. >>

Thanks for the lesson in Econ 101 but I already passed that course . . . about thirty years ago. However, your low opinion of my recollection has nothing to do with what I said.

Your thought that "It (Ebay) is no different from a physical flea market" doesn't wash. Unlike Ebay, at a flea market the buyer can hold the seller's dreck in his hands and fully examine it. The buyer can look the seller in the eye and, hopefully, get a read on how far the seller is willing to stretch the truth or be worked down in his price.

But, above all, must I remind you that Ebay is an auction! And like any auction, the auctioneer takes his rake from the action, not a stall rental fee. If there is a dispute in any auction except an Ebay auction, the auctioneer is the who resolves the problem. On Ebay, if a deal is queered for some reason, Mr. Ebay says "Tough shit, work it out yourself." He does this all while foisting up some Pollyanna idea that Ebay is a community.

Please don't compare Henry Ford to Mr. Ebay. Mr. Ford earned his well deserved rewards by, as he stated, seeing how much he could give his customers for a dollar not how uninvolved he could remain in the process.

George


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