On 01 Feb 97, Kit Ballantyne wrote to Carin M. Armlin:
 KB> The whole thing bugs me. Creating an artificial market by buying up the
 KB> available copies so that you can dole them out at your price keeps
 KB> product out of the hands of families and people that can only afford the
 KB> normal price.
Guess you hate living in a capitalist nation.  Also I don't create that 
market you allude to.  The whole world creates it.  I only participate in it 
in my own small way.  I certainly don't create the whole global market!
 KB>  We have a whole generation of children that can't watch
 KB> "The Little Mermaid" on home video because their parents were scooped
 KB> by people who want to sell them for $150.
Awww...  You know, maybe I *should* reconsider your point, Kit.  I would love 
a 1948 Mercury Custom.  It was a gorgeous car.  Two toned violet, with french 
taillights, built like a tank, and totally gorgeous.  There's one at a local 
vintage car dealer here in my town.  The jerk wants over 65 grand for it!  I 
should march in there and demand that that darned guy sell it to me for the 
original $400.00 it cost!  After all, according to "Kit's Law", one should 
never have to be deprived of something one wants becuase of those darned 
greedy collectors!  Can I give this car dealer your phone number Kit, so you 
can explain "Kit's Law" to him????
 KB> Somebody who didn't love them stole them, waited, jacked up the price
 KB> and made a small fortune. Why? Because he saw the prices some people
 KB> charge and knew he could get it.
Remember.  Tapes wouldn't sell for so much if there weren't a waiting group 
of people willing to *buy* them.  You're obviously not one of those people, 
but lots of people collect things and diehards in any collectable arena are 
often willing to pay premiums for the rare and unusual.  If you don't like it 
Kit, move to China.
 KB> Right. In America we like to make pure greed into a good thing and put a
 KB> name on it like "Free Enterprise".
I think I am going to throw up.  Maybe Kit should take an extended vacation 
in parts of Africa I can think of, and then after spending 5 years there, 
tell us what he thinks of free enterprise whe he comes home.
Hey Kit, if you don't like the financial systems that govern this country and 
the western world, you can always leave.  I've got a great apartment in IRAN 
I can sell you...
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