From: orb@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Randolph Turner)
Subject: Re: USENET memory prices are SKY HIGH !!!!!!
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 16:38:22 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.131545.11776@panix.com> paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker) writes:
>In <1992Aug29.234958.3546@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
>
>
>> > THESE prices are WAY out of line...
>> > I can buy 1MBx9 - 80ns for $23 all day long, $21 if I look hard...
>> > THESE are NEW prices, $2-3 shipping and they take VISA etc...
>
>>Ok.  So if you don't like the price someone is asking, don't buy from them.
>> Very simple.  If enough people feel that way, the items will not sell and
>>the seller is forced to cut the price until it does sell.  In any case,
>>prices asked are not necessarily prices received.  If you can get something
>>cheaper elsewhere, by all means do so.
>
> ................but keep those price updates coming in anyway! I'm sure I'm
>not the only one that appreciates it when someone takes the trouble to point
>out that there is a place to purchase an item new for less.
>
> This is valuable information-- the value being money saved. I use the internet
>for _information_.
>
> My apologies to any sellers who resent having someone point out that what 
>they are selling is overpriced. Please re-evaluate and repost.
>

 [Soapbox Mode On]

  Ok folks....Are we ready to change the name of this group to
Alt.Computer.Shopper.Reference ?  For all of of the whining I have seen here
about commercial postings, everytime someone posts an *asking* price within
$20 of the Shopper prices, some "defender of the public ignorance" places a
commercial post here.

  What most of you don't realize is that very few of these individuals
actually call the places whose ads they post to see if the price is still as
advertised, if there is a minimum order, if the items are in stock, if the
items are still available, how much the evil handling charge is (when was the
last time you payed just shipping charges? Hmm?), when they would ship *IF* the
item is in stock, etc...

  Many of you may think that these people are doing a "public service" when in
fact, what they are doing can be far more detrimental than you could imagine. 
They are promoting a general feeling of mistrust by implying that the sellers
who overprice their goods (whether intentional or not) are out to rip people
off.  They are also promoting the BO (that's Best Offer) method of selling
because sellers who don't spend their every waking hour with their faces stuck
in the 900+ pages of the latest Shopper simply won't place a price on
something to avoid inane confrontations with the above individuals.  And
finally, there is the possibility that they won't sell here at all, and
instead resort to using local avenues to display their goods.

  This group has sadly deteriorated since the introduction of the "Covert
Syndrome" and I have a rotten feeling that the people responsible are the
types that won't buy a damn thing here due to paranoiac fear of paying more
than the going price or being "ripped off".  They are only hurting us, the
people who look here every day in hopes of finding that elusive bargain or
post here in attempts to recoup a portion of our investments when we upgrade
our systems.  Please do *your* part in discouraging the "Covert Syndrome", and
maybe this will once again be an attractive alternative to classifieds in the
"Sunday Times".

 [Soapbox Mode Off]

Randy
orb@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
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