[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 12/28/2011 8:22 PM, AEF wrote:
> 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
>>>>>> qualifies as criminal fraud.
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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
>> will bear.
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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.
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> 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.
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> AGAIN: Just asking.
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> AEF

There are people who will put up cash to buy a Gasoline Powered 
Generator with the object of selling it in the aftermath of a hurricane.
You could buy one for your own use but few people actually do so until 
the power goes off.

I've been meaning to get one myself, for about the last five years!  One 
of these days. . . .