On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, quixotic wrote:
quoted 4 lines I'm sure Thad is big enough to defend himself, but from my experience, he's a> I'm sure Thad is big enough to defend himself, but from my experience, he's a
> giant music lover who occasionally bites off more than he can chew. Certainly
> not a businessman or a 'gouger.' How he prices his goods should be of no real
> concern to you, unless you see something you really like + desire it.
Occassionally bites off more than he can chew? He posts sale lists of
dozens and dozens of disks at least bi-weekly. He'd be lucky if he could
find the time to listen to them each once. To claim that he's just
purging his least favorite CDs is ridiculous.
quoted 5 lines It's odd; six hours ago, I read a post detailing how IDM was advertised as a> It's odd; six hours ago, I read a post detailing how IDM was advertised as a
> forum for 'intelligent discussion.' Now, I just finished reading an unnecessary
> flame of a fellow list member. Thad's a nice guy [to whom I also owe some tapes
> to :)], and saying nasty things about him without actually doing business with
> him previously is silly.
It's odd that you're disappointed in the intelligence of this forum when
*YOU* seem to have failed completely to understand my objections and to
address them at all in your reply. I've watched his "personal" sale lists
flow by, page after page, week after week. All I've done is questioned
that he's really just selling his own unwanted disks and to point out that
this music is available from many sources at the same prices, *NEW*. He's
told me personally that many of his customers are people in the midwest
who don't have access to this music locally and aren't aware of Mod Lang,
Dropbeat, Modern Music etc. Do you think he ever pointed this out or just
continued charging them 20-30% more than everyone else because they didn't
know any better?
I suggest that everyone with a list of things to sell put it up on their
web page and just post the URL, especially if they're dealing in this
kind of volume.
Miles