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Re: N64 Scalper Haters Please Read

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From: Anne Hyzer
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:00
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Fitzgerald Sjoberg wrote:
> 
> T-BONE wrote:
> >
> > Anne Hyzer (discgolf@citilink.com) wrote:
> > : I've been silent about all of these posts as long as I can be. LOOK: If
> > : someone is willing to pay an extra $200 so they don't have to wait/call
> > : every store everyday/whatever, and if someone else decides to risk their
> > : own money/spend their own time to attempt to make an honest profit, all
> > : cards are on the table, both parties agree on terms, THEN WHAT THE
> > : FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK DO YOU CARE?
> > :
> > : Here's what you do. It took me a while to get the hang of this, but I
> > : evntually got it, and it works GREAT! When you read a subject header
> > : that refers to a N64 being sold, and you (nor anyone you know) are not
> > : looking to buy one, SKIP TO THE NEXT POST! Done.
> >
> >   100% Agree.
> 
> Let's put it this way. If I was standing in line patiently to get my kid
> a
> Tickle Me Nintendo at the local Toys 'R' Scarce, and the guy in front of
> me got the last one solely for the purpose of selling it at a 900%
> profit,
> I'd care a lot. And I think the people who are protesting simply have
> more
> sympathy for the not-so-hypothetical parent than for the profiteer.
> Sure, it's
> legal, but legal and likeable are often on different ends of the scale.
> 
> --F.
> 
> [P.S. Yes, the anti-scalpers are using the newsgroup(s) for purposes
> other than
> intended, but so is the guy who posted the "FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK" post
> that
> started this thread, so there's no moral high ground there.]



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From: Anne Hyzer <discgolf@citilink.com>
Subject: Re: N64 Scalper Haters Please Read
Date: 1996/12/20
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