[TheForge] The mind 1st to go

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

  Oh Jason:
Why aren't you out combing the yard sales, swap meets
and talking to folks like we did? That's how we got them.
If we don't sell them for market price,
how can we buy the tools we want ourselves?
How do we feed ourselves when we are too old to work?
Did you notice  our plush blacksmith's retirement plan?
I don't see any thought of your offering any alternative compensation here.
Charitable consideration for ME@ Wargoth?   WTF?
Grin...pf

On 10/12/2010 11:33 AM, Jason Nass wrote:
> Oh, you certainly won't take away the pleasure of tool making from me, I do
> a heck of a lot of that already, and as for shedding tools at the swap
> meets, too many of you guys get into the mindset of "how much money can I
> get out of this" rather than pricing things so that you are helping out the
> new guys. If you don't need it, and you aren't desperate for the cash from
> it, pass it on. I keep hearing about how someone picked up a nice anvil at a
> garage sale for $25 then turned around and sold it for $300. Sure, it's
> capitalism, but it's also not doing anything to help keep our craft alive.
> If you get a great deal on something pass it on...?
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> Jason Nass - me at wargoth.com
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