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buffalo@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
: little less "jerky".   So the guy didn't know the FMV ("fair market
: value") of his item -- what's the big deal?  All you have to do, which

I wasn't blasting him because he got unreasonably upset about a price...
If I did that, I wouldn't have time to do anything else, with the amount
of people who go nuts because someone asked a tad too much for a
particular piece of equipment.

I was "snarky"... and I KNOW I was being so, it was quite deliberate...
because he went nuts at a person over a price when:
	1) He compared the price to a VERY different piece of hardware
	2) He didn't even consider that perhaps the price wasn't in US
	currency.
	3) He was on the wrong group in the first place.  (I'm not the
	only Dal student to be annoyed by people assuming dal. means
	Dallas, despite actual descriptions of the group saying
	otherwise).

Besides... making fun of Americans is a time-honored Canadian pasttime.

: to let them know what you know, but perhaps in a polite manner.

I usually do.  More often, I leave it to someone else.  I don't get
that excited over someone's mispricing.  I've asked for a bit too much
for old equipment myself.

I only compose my "artistic" responses for those who have shown a
particular leaning toward luserism.  Despite what SOME people might
think, I don't waste my time cruising for people on Usenet to stomp on.
I DON'T get mad when someone snaps me back with a bit of my own, and
personal attacks against me just make me giggle.  The only thing which
could make me angry is complete, unreasonable resistance against all
logic.  People who don't want to learn aggravate me.  And my unfortunate
experience is that most people don't.  So I've learned to deal with it.

And just as a reminder, I wasn't replying to the original poster in this
thread, but the person who attacked him on the basis of incorrect
information.  I think if you're going to go nuts at someone, you'd
better be sure of your facts, or risk having that person or someone else
slap you back down.  I don't consider myself an exception to this.  When
I'm trying to inform someone of something I really think they don't know
about, I'll do so... no malice, no attitude.  But when I see someone
else trying to make themselves look cooler by jumping up and down on
someone else when THEY aren't even correct... like this previous poster
who felt he could look good by making fun of the original poster's asking
price, I probably WILL step in, and I'll have a little bit of fun doing
so.

: you can have a little "slaughterspace" on the 'Net, well, I'd have to

"slaughterspace"... I do like that term.  :)

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Brandon Hume  
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