tone007, doctorq, ZeBeeDee, and whoever else it may concern:
The funniest thing is, if you guys were not on this cheerleader-like crusade to paint Redromola as some kind of martyr over this issue, you might actually see that the essence of what myself and others (such as ffstrack, Save2600, etc) were actually saying was in favour of YOUR right to choose exactly what YOU, as a seller, wanted to charge for your items - without the fear of having some cretin rear his ugly little head in the middle of your FS thread questioning your prices.
You guys are narrowing your blinkered focus on a few choice words which were basically used to PROVE Redromola's motives behind shouting out "waaaay too cheap". I can see the tactic, and how it benefits your Red-crusade, but common - it's pretty deceitful and low. In other words, yes, the word "capitalist" was used to label him, because he is a self-confessed Amiga capitalist and THAT was (as he himself admitted) HIS reason/motivation for making the initial comment he made. We couldn't exactly say: "hey Red, your reasons for your uncalled for comment were Communistic" or benevolent non-commercial socialism now, could we? We'd have to save the "socialist" label for someone who shouted "waaaay tooo high!!" - obviously.
Capitalism was given as a REASON for Red's comment and that reason does not excuse him attempting to price-hike a sale between enthusiasts, now does it? By the same token, favouring "community pricing" does not give you any more moral high ground to shout "way to expensive", imo.
And, just to prove my point, here is a quote from a post I made in
this thread where a user was saying the exact polar opposite of Redrumola's, basically he said: "waaaay to cheap!!" and I had a few choice words to say to him also:-
"wurzel: I suggest you get your calculator out, do your sums and add up the going rate for the components included in the system. the individual components alone will add up to not far off his £950 asking price. and when you figure in eBay/PayPal fees and the amount of work that has obviously gone into building the system - it's not that far off the mark.
why do people hate to see regular people make a little money? it's not this guy's fault that you're broke."
I assure you, if I had my way you could charge exactly what you wanted (hiking your prices beyond all known limits - if you wish!) and never have to hear another "waaaay too much!!!" again. But I guess that will never happen, because by you defending Red's actions and purposefully misconstruing the MAIN point of people's concern in this thread, trolls will forever feel the "right" to give their unwelcomed opinion on what YOU are or aren't charging for YOUR items - in the full knowledge that that "right" will be backed and defended by the "community".
Unless, as I suspect, the only people who actually get defended on this topic are moderators and people who are "liked", or who have posted "99.9% interesting threads about Minimig projects". Childish, you're not children and you shouldn't have to agree with EVERY action a person makes just because you "like" them.
- happy days!
