[SEL] Tearing up the Books, maybe OT, but, pertaining to old iron and such
MaytagTwin at aol.com
MaytagTwin at aol.com
Fri Mar 4 15:54:34 PST 2005
Hi cjclem,
My thought is that if I own it, I don't need to ask your permission to
dispose of it in any way I wish. You may, of course, be disgusted, but I doubt you
know enough of my motivation to throw the word "greed" at me with any degree
of accuracy and I am not even sure of your definition of the term "greed."
What do you mean?
Here's an example of a situation I'll have to soon face. I have some bound
issues of a very early stationary engineer's monthly magazine. The binding is
home made, and the magazines are in excellent condition. The full page ads
for everything from automobiles to steam engine lubricants are interesting, and,
I am sure, some are very "collectible" but they mean little to me as most of
my collecting focus is in a slightly different direction. One day I mean to
get rid of all of it. When I do, should I, a. Toss the stuff in the trash
since it doesn't interest me? b. Offer it up as a collection on eBay, knowing it
will sell, but not for much. c. Remove the binding, select those ads that
are most likely to sell on eBay, and sell what I can page by page and then
offer up the remainder as a pile of old stuff. I am inclined to do method "c."
and use any gain I make to further my hobby interests.
Entropy is our destiny. Kicking and screaming may slow it, but never stop it.
Now, about greed. Just what do you mean?
Regards,
Ron Carroll
Clearmont, Missouri USA
In a message dated 3/4/2005 4:38:51 PM Central Standard Time,
cjclem at sysim.net writes:
What do you folks think of the growing number of dealers, collectors,
etc who are tearing, cutting individual pages or ads out of old books
to maximise there $$$$$$ take on ebay??? Here are a few examples> 3 for
Galloway, 3878583263, 3879206934, 3879209473, Witte,3878140590 There
are usually many more but this is getting disgusting, clipping old
original books for greed.
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