Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry: To spell it out: Mark is including "us" in the hopes that the prospect of infamy in this community will persuade the seller to do right. The "service" he is doing us is re-affirming that the norms of this community have some weight. If this community can count on a certain minimum of civilized behavior (no lying, no stealing, keeping promises etc.) we all benefit. I put service in scare-quotes because it isn't really a service, it is a valid, and I think creative, use of comminity pressure to enforce norms I think we would all like to live by. I agree with Joe L. this sounds like a last resort. Assuming that Mark's facts are all true (we only have one side of the story) I hope the seller does the right thing and that we never have to learn his/her name. Ben Marks benmarks-at-aol-dot-com In a message dated 2/27/2004 2:36:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: > Joe > > Yes, but why tell us about his private negotiations unless > it could > help us? How could it help us? > > Jerry - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html