[R-390] Danger E word again.

[Jerry Kincade]

I don't mind for sale or even auction alerts where R-390 stuff is concerned,
after all this is the R-390 list, and my delete key works just fine.
However, I have personally made the mistake of putting R-390 stuff up for
sale on this list at what I thought at the time was a reasonable price.
After the bleeding stopped and I healed up from the price police and
semi-hate mail that resulted, I put it on the E place, where it all
automatically goes from now on. It all sold easily at auction for about what
I was asking for it here to start with, and I didn't have to electronically
fist fight anybody to defend my pricing. In all fairness, that stuff is not
exclusive to this list. I had the exact same experience, only worse, on the
Collins list. I think much of it stems from the relative anonimity of email.
Probably like everybody, I've had folks say things to me in emails that they
damned sure would not have said to me in person, or at least would not have
said twice. Likely another sad reflection on our deteriorating society in
general.  "I did NOT have sex with that woman."  Sigh. Sorry, soap box mode
now turned off.

73, Jerry W5KP

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> Why do we think a seller has to offer it to
> us first at some "reasonable" price?
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