On 31 Jan 97, Shoshona Bieman wrote to Carin M. Armlin:
 SB> Videos are for watching, NOT for speculation ...
Anything can be speculative, from Disney movies to old wooden toilet seats. 
Such is the way of the world.
 SB> (which I personally think are being broached just for a certain
 SB> someone to peddle his ware$).  I want to discuss Disney, not
 SB> discuss how some guy can line his pockets and sucker us (not that I'm
 SB> buying).
First off this sure sounds like an attack.  If one were a tad over-sensitive, 
one might even call it a flame.
If you want to talk Disney, do.  No one forces you to engage in writing about 
or into any particular thread.
Also, I have never as of yet sold a single Disney tape to a single person on 
this echo, so you might as well get off your holier-than-thou horse.
 SB> I can't help but wonder if the guy who is buying $20 videos and then
 SB> selling them for $200 is declaring the profit on his income tax? If he
 SB> sells a total of 10 videos each year, that is $2000 -- a "profit" of
 SB> $1800!!! As a citizen, I sure hope he is paying like the rest of us...
Certain types of private sales, like stuff sold at a yard sale, is not 
reportable income.  And I have not yet ever sold a tape for $200.00 to 
nyone.
Before you start making such generalizations, you should re-check my posted 
list.  Most of the movies I had were less than $40.00.  And all were priced 
pretty much in line with what the collector hobby says the tapes are worth, 
nothing was excessive in the least.
I wonder if you would say your local coin shop, who sells silver quarters for 
4 bucks each, is also ripping off the public, in a sense?  You seem outraged 
at tne notion of profit, *especially* when the price for something is like, 
10 times higher than it's retail.  What do you think of coin shops that sell 
old real-silver silver dollars for 10 to 20 bucks a coin?  Heck, they're only 
a dollar coin, after all!  Would you gather that those coin shops are also 
victimizing the public or taking advantage of the public in some way?  What 
about those people who sell baseball cards that were only a nickel in the 
60s, for 10 bucks a card now?  Pretty nasty busniess, wouldn't you say?  
Imagine. Selling something for 10 bucks that was only a nickel!  Talk about 
taking advantage.  What are your thoughts on this practice?
Now, if you feel it's OK for them, why would the exact same thing not be OK 
for me?  I'd LOVE an answer to the above points.  Can't wait to hear what 
answers you come up with, or if you'll just instead avoid the hard questions!
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