[Milsurplus] e-bay rip off

[Hue Miller]

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From: "Ben Nock" <G4BXD@compuserve.com>

>yes Hue, its a rip off. This site is driven by pure greed, nothing else.
Any motive for expanding
the collecting art or preserving history are not present there.

>eg..
Navy key the other day...
when last looked it was over �170.. they are available at any rally for �65
.. now if the chap
who bought knew that dont you think he will consider himself ripped off ?
he saw the price going up
on the site and, maybe due to lack of the knowledge folk like we have,
thought it must be worth that
when its obviously not.

-I was at one grocery other day, bought a bagful of tomatoes at $1.99 / lb.
I stopped at another store on the way home, and saw the same tomatoes for
$1.49.  Was i "ripped off"? Did i cry to people that i was robbed? Actually,
they would tell me to shop better. No one prevented me from checking prices
first. No one forced me to buy. When i was at an auction and bid up and bought
a beat up crystal radio, and looked at my purchase afterward, and regreted it,
do you think i was ripped off?
I think you attitude is very odd. It would certainly fit better in, say, Cuba
or the (former) DDR, where they certainly know how to prevent rip off
sales, by regulating EVERY sale, except for the blackmarket they continuously
fought. ( Human nature they continuously suppressed .)
When your Navy key, MCR-1, or whatever, is precious and rare as a cuneiform
seal from Babylon, then the market for such antiquities should be totally shut off,
there should be no more sales at all. Til then, one willing seller and one willing buyer
is a no sin. Good luck crusading against greed, profit, and interest loans, etc.
Hue