Re: Invasion of the collectors?

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <cornelio-1405991856220001@dt050na6.san.rr.com>, cornelio@san.rr.com (L. Cornelio) writes:
>In article <unG_2.118$r3.9063@news21.ispnews.com>, Randy Shackelford
><shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
>
>But to toss "dishonest people" in the ebay discussion is pretty unfair. 
>From my experience most *all* bidders & buyes are honest. I am happy to
>get rid of extra/unwanted a2 items there, just as others are happy to pay
>for them.

I agree.  For some people, some time, for the right stuff, eBay is a great
place.
>
>Just my .02 --ebay is a pretty fair market, as it is just that -- a live
>marketplace. I have seen good stuff go cheaply & other stuff go for crazy
>high prices.
>Ah, capitalism! :-)

Well, more correctly, Free Market Economics.  Capitalism really has to do
with the finance side of business, not the sale of goods and services.  This
distinction is actually of major importance, since the failure to recognize
this distinction has clouded the whole debate over capitalism, socialism,
and market economics.

Louis Schulman