🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:29:56 -0500, Bob Rekieta <bar@sgi.com> wrote:

>so you are saying the following is rude?
>
>post 1: for sale packard bell pc 486, 200Mhz, 1.2 gbyte hard drive, 32
>Meg ram, 32x cd, windows 95, 15 inch monitor, very little software -
>$800.00
>
>reply post: gee, that price seems out of whack...you can get a brand new
>computer with better capabilities from your neighborhood best buy (or
>via mail order) for less than that...
>
>----
>
>it seems to me to be a reasonable response to what appears to be an
>unreasonable offering price...no insults were made, just an honest (and
>easily confirmable) observation....perhaps the response could have been
>made directly via email, but this gives the orignal poster the
>opportunity to justify (or adjust) his price....personally, if i ever
>post somwething for sale and the price appears unreasonable, i would
>appreciate folks telling me (in a courteous way) that the price is too
>high, and the reason why it is too high...i don't care if they do it
>publically (newsgroup) or privately (email)...by doing so publically, it
>gives the original poster the opportunity to defend/explain his pricing
>if it is challenged....

Yes it is rude. There is no reason except being a hot dog to challenge
his pricing and there is no reason he should have to defend or explain
his pricing. All you do is scare people from posting items(forsale) in
this group.  

If you have a legitimate interest in buying the items, then you may
negotiate a price. Other wise it's none of your business what some
one wants to sell his items for. This is a forsale group not a
discussion group, by even replying to you I am violating the reason
for this group.

And so......... Goodby. Add another one to my kill file.