[Leica] Way off topic, was about my IIIG

["Guido Soprano" <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>]

Hey Roger,

well no guilt here - in the market, worth or value is what the buyer is 
prepared to pay, and the seller to accept. If the either party is 
ill-informed, that demonstrates the value/worth (to the informed party), or 
cost (to the uninformed party), of information. I didn't force the seller to 
do anything he wasn't ready and willing to do.

So the cost to the seller of information was, say, $1,000 to $1,500.

That's why the internet is so good for commerce - it brings buyers and 
sellers together cheaply, and lowers transaction costs (e.g. you can 
research and buy without having to move from your location). E-commerce is 
about to transform our lives.

But, to your point, at least I use Netscape, and not MS Internet Explorer 
:=)


Guido the un-E-conomist.

>From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Re:  Re:an absolutely virgin IIIG
>Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 15:52:27 -0700
>
>On 1 Aug 99, Guido Soprano wrote, at least in part:
>
> > Paul,
>
> > I got 848XXX, for $500 (no, there is not a 1 missing in front of the 5) 
>in
> > the midwest, and today I put my red scale elmar on it, and shot 6 rolls 
>of
> > leader-trimmed tri-x.  It was almost a shame to deflower the strap
> > eyelets. I hope the collectors felt pain as they read that.
>
>Anyone who feels as you, Guido, regarding the "obscene" wealth
>accumulated by Bill Gates, should certainly feel bad about ripping
>the seller off for that IIIG at that price. Yeah, I know, he didn't
>know its worth, right?
>
>--
>Roger
>mailto:roger@beamon.org
>
>    Thought for the day:
>         The hardness of butter is proportional
>         to the softness of the bread.
>


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