I get the feeling that "need" is being used for " want/desire etc.".
After all, how many people really NEED a camera?
Otis Wright
Peter Alling wrote:
> Dan,
> That shows a deep misunderstanding of market
> forces, economics and the dislocations that 'men with
> guns' or should I say power centers cause in them. I
> cannot even begin to refute that statement in the
> amount of space available in an e-mail and I doubt
> that you would read it. I was but speaking of the
> market forces that are visible on e-bay, there is
> nothing there that is life or death, the 'need' for
> any item is measured by how much you are willing to
> spend.
>
> --- Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Peter Alling said:
> >
> > >I don't know Shel, it's admirable to be able to
> > settle
> > >things in such a civilized manner but, (you knew
> > that
> > >there had to be a but), isn't that what the market
> > is
> > >all about, deciding who needs a thing more? I for
> > one
> > >know that I appreciate when someone points out an
> > item
> > >I might want that's on e-bay. I've been on the
> > other
> > >end a number of times, had a bid in when someone on
> > >the list reports the item's existance, and when the
> > >bidding gets beyond my means and for that matter my
> > >level of avarice for the Item I drop out.
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > The market never decides "who needs a thing more".
> > If it did, no one would
> > ever go hungry, do without shelter or die for lack
> > of medicine. The market
> > is all about deciding who is willing and capable of
> > paying the most for any
> > given thing. Need never enters into it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dan Scott
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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