[TenTec] Mail Reflector auction

[John]

Very good Raymond!

Good luck with the tooth....

73,

John  W0DC

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From: <W5VPU@aol.com>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:48 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Mail Reflector auction


> Hi, you all:
>        I wish I knew you all so we could see each others faces as I write.
> Since we don't, I'll just pretend and go ahead. Please be patient with me.
> I've been up since 5:00 AM with orders from an Oral Surgeon not to eat or
> drink anything until after he pulls a broken molar at 9:30 AM and then
wait
> several hours more. I may just be testy because I can't have any coffee
yet!
> Maybe you won't jump all over me, but let's see what happens.
>        Please help me to understand what is going on about "that's not
fair .
> . . " "my pet peeve is . . ." "everyone should . . ." "eBay does it this
way
> . . ." "this is the way it ought to be done" and a lot of other comments.
Is
> this a move by some to set aside our norms and establish a set of rules
the
> rest of us must follow?
>        I don't recall seeing any standardrules for sales that this
> reflector's Administrator has set that each of us must follow or be booted
> off. Yet it seems a few want that to happen because they missed something
> they wanted. To me that appears a bit grandiose. In America what is bought
or
> sold, no matter what venue, is a matter between seller and buyer with the
> rare exception of government regulated industries, or intervention with
price
> controls. And wow, that sure backfired on us all!
>        You want "total fair," look at the Russian economy a decade or so
ago.
> A disaster.
>        When I sold a couple of radios at our local hamfest last month, I
did
> not have to have anyone's OK to set the price. I set the price. A ham saw
> them, wanted them, and we struck a bargain. Are some of you suggesting I
not
> do that anymore because someone else might come along later who wanted
them
> as much or more than the actual buyer?
>        Life simply is "first come, first serve." "Buyer beware." And all
the
> rest. Not fair, some say. OK, the world isn't fair to all. Not in past
> history, not now, not ever. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
>        Several years ago I was sounding off (read "whine") in a face to
face
> group about how a certain person not present "always gets my goat." A
friend
> looked me in the eye and gently suggested that I stop leaving my goat on
the
> front lawn!
>        Does what I have say make any sense to anyone but me?
> 73  Raymond   w5vpu
>
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