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| | | (...) Ok. :) (...) I see a bit of difference, yes. (...) You can't STOP people from acting foolishly, but you don't have to be the one to help a fool be parted from his money, do you? (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Lego selling practices —Adam Yulish
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| | | | | <snip> (...) <Adam holds his nose and jumps in, flailing limbs wildly> The assumption that someone is being foolish is questionable. When the new Star Wars movies come out, I'll bet many fans would pay $50 to be able to sit in on the pre-screening (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego selling practices —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) Right. This is, I think the crux of the disagreement. I think paying whatever a metroliner is 'worth' these days for one is foolish...sort of. It would be foolish for me because I'd rather have $300 (or whatever) worth of other stuff. For (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Sorry —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Think about what you're saying for a minute: If he's hellbent on doing it anyway, it's not morally wrong that he does it, and it's not hurting anyone except himself, it's not really any of your business whether I help him part with his cash or (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | (...) I did. I think I agree with you more now than I agree with what I said earlier, if that makes sense. I think that comes close to admitting that I may have been wrong, but I'm not sure because I don't do it that often. :) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Barry McFarland
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| | | | | | | | (...) I think I agree with you now Mike. Although my initial gut feeling was similar to yours, I think that is due to past experience with other collectible scalper types. How is this any different than everyone pre-ordering the sets from S@H at (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | | | (...) YM Darwininan. HTH. HAND. Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Barry McFarland
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| | | | | | | | (...) No, I meant Darwinian (Hey! who turned my "w" upside down?) Barry (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | | | (...) *slowly, his jaws widen into an evil looking grin* Hi, Barry. Guess? Jasper (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sorry —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | <about someone buying stuff at a really high price> (...) There's a couple of points there. Firstly, I don't think there was anything wrong with what Daniel was doing. As several people have pointed out, he was honest about what he was selling. I'm (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Sorry —Simon Robinson
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| | | | (...) How many of the population out there would think we're all pretty silly for wanting to spend money on some plastic bricks anyway? Quite a few I'd suspect. So perhaps we ought to be wary about saying someone is foolish in spending money on (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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