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Patrice Jacquot skrev:
>  >>>Hey Jesper please, you're moderator OK, but you're going a bit
> fast then, don't you think ?

I'm sorry if you took it like that. I wanted to stop flaming before we 
get there, not adding fuel to the fire.

> Mailing list ? taking advantage ? If you mean "Me" you can write to
> me directly.

It was more of an "us" I meant. I think I've seen these tendencies 
before and it's natural since many are collectors and enthusiasts. Every 
time something rare is mentioned the list reacts and wants to buy etc.
I feel I'm also a part of this...

> I exposed my advice & the (at least "a" ) reality of the situation...
> No more I think ...
> New suscribers are not necessary naive... & have also to be
> informed...not only in a single aspect...
> After, they're big enough to choose where they want to be in function
> of what they want or need ...

Sure... But regarding Ebay I surf both .de and co.uk once every week and 
I tend to add stuff I own to my watch list to keep up to date with 
current "value" (knowing this is a debatable word). I seldom see SDS-V's 
at the prices you mentioned, therefor I reacted to that. I still 
consider the SDS-2000 cheap and unwanted so we probably can agree on the 
entire batch's value. ;)

> I don't think I influenced (or even insulted) anybody by saying that
> our today's behaviour is creating the tommorow's market.
> We could (& probably should) rather speak of people taking advantage
> of supposed rare machines when they have "a few" in stock that they
> probably payed not much for...
> & making a big profit on each ...

True. I also don't like people who just buys to resell. Most of us don't 
though we still like to get the money back and maybe with a little 
profit if we do sell...

> anyway it's all about our own choice in the end. don't you think ?
> So please Jesper, take it easy, there was nothing else than that in
> my words...

No problem, it might have been languages playing tricks on both of us. 
It's an interesting debate too so don't stop here listees!

Maybe time to start a new thread that shows how much we maniacs value 
each model.

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