[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[AEF]

On Dec 28, 8:18 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <YaidnQWN_-8aCWbTnZ2dnUVZ_hqdn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
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> >On 12/28/2011 4:29 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >> In article<9m1cclFsc... at mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager<news0... at eager.cx>  writes:
> >>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:21:02 -0800, seasoned_geek wrote:
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> >>>> On Dec 25, 2:07 pm, Bob Eager<news0... at eager.cx>  wrote:
> >>>>> It isn't.
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> >>>> In the U.S. we have laws against price gouging and they fall under the
> >>>> criminal fraud heading.  Selling an in-print book for above list price
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> >>> Sounds more like restraint of trade to me. That's the controlling US
> >>> government for you.
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> >> Right.  The gov't should keep its hands out of free enterprise.
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> >Anyone who pays MORE than list price is either desperate or an idiot!
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> Right.  Unless it is some collector item, which could fetch far more than
> the item's original price, I say let the seller charge whatever stupidity
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> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
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> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.

So what do you think when a sudden emergency causes a certain item to
suddenly be very valuable, like ice, shovels, generators, or whatever.
should price gouging be allowed then? I'm just asking. I can see it
both ways.

AGAIN: Just asking.

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