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In article <DD28Au.FsH@eskimo.com>, erict@eskimo.com (Eric Taneda) wrote:

> In article <asmiller-0608951514460001@192.0.2.1>, asmiller@ccnet.com 
> says...
> >
> >
> >> Why such hostility towards somebody who is simply making available a 
> >> desired item that is hard to get?  Would you rather the person who 
> needs 
> >> the drive badly wait 3-6 weeks, rather than get one right away by 
> paying 
> >> the premium? 
> >
> >The hostility has to do with charging a 30% premium for something that 
> can
> >be gotten more readily than you think.  The idea with some of the flames
> >is to alert people to the fact that they don't have to pay this guy's
> >silly price.
> 
> Maybe I don't have all the right "connections" but all the dealers I have 
> spoken to have had waiting lists ranging from 10 days to 3 months.  I 
> don't know about you, but my time is worth something, and if I can save a 
> few hours of my time calling around to try to locate a difficult-to-find 
> item, the premium could very well be worth it.
>  
> Regardless, hostility is not justified.  If you can offer a better deal,
> or point people to a better deal, you should do so.  Otherwise, the 
> person charging the "outrageous" amount of money is offering something
> you can't offer, and anybody who is considering buying a Zip drive knows
> that all the major dealers advertise it for around $199 anyway.
>  
> There is no basis to claim that a Zip drive now is worth the same as a
> Zip drive "a few weeks from now" which is the best most dealers are able
> to do.

All I did originally was point out that a Zip Drive could be bought
cheaper with a minimum of inconvenience from other sources. It was the the
original poster who accuced me of hostility (which until now I left
unanswered) simply for pointing out he was not offering a reasonable deal.
I'm sick and tired of this hostility B.S. (and yes, that _is_ hostile). If
honesty is hostility, then we got a long way to go as a planet. 
Read my original reply. There was no hostility. Or is that too much bother
for someone who has the time to post several times to make the same point.
(Twice in another thread and once - at least - here.) Personally, I'd like
to know the motive for YOUR posts. Are you the original poster using a
different address? Or just a friend trying to help place blame elsewhere
so your friend can sell his overpriced drives? If it's such a deal, why
don't you go buy one? And yes, I am now feeling a bit of hostility.

Steve