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Article #161Re: "price cops?"
From: 739chan1
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:24
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:24
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> Bottom line. If an Internet cannot prevent the various alt.sex groups > and their activities, then how can we try to tame down a few price > quotes on this board. I know this board works, as I helped sell a used > system for a user. Let freedom, and various prices, continue. Also, it is interesting to note that no one ever complains about prices that are too * LOW *. If people are concerned about buyers not getting their money's worth, what about the seller? He loses out by not getting the potential profit. Instead of emailing, "You dolt! That price is too low.", we sit back and let him sell the product for a fraction of it's value. Ah, you say, but that's a SELLER, not a buyer. So what? This is not some Bill Gates trying to sell his stuff. He, like the buyers, also deserves to get his money's worth. In short, if you're not going to warn the sellers, don't warn the buyers. Alternatively, if you want to warn the buyers, also warn the sellers. The easiest thing to do is, of course, is NOTHING. Just let the market sort itself out. That's what most people do anyway :-) Chan Lee Meng 739chan1@gw.wmich.edu Western Michigan Univ.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!gumby!wmichgw!739chan1 From: 739chan1@gw.wmich.edu Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.d Subject: Re: "price cops?" Message-ID: <1992Nov21.132442.6499@gw.wmich.edu> Date: 21 Nov 92 13:24:42 EST References: <1992Oct30.163903.4904@tamsun.tamu.edu> <1992Nov2.144632.22756@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <1992Nov2.232704.7048@tamsun.tamu.edu> <BxpMM9.LGo@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> Organization: Western Michigan University Lines: 25