[Trainer-talk] item for sale

[Scott Blanks]

Here here, David. This is in fact a free country, at last check. The tone of some of the emails in response to this issue being raised is aggressive, almost confrontational, and certainly not helpful on any level. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:32 AM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] item for sale

I'm not sure that I agree with you on this issue.  If I received a gift 
from someone for an occasion such as my birthday am I wrong to offer it 
for sale just because I did not have to pay for the item? If someone is 
offering to sell an item, whether it's a book or a computer, it doesn't 
occur to me to ask whether the seller acquired the item at no cost or 
whether it was purchased as a new or used item.  In 1987 I received a 
Versabraille P2C as a gift.  When it no longer met my needs I sold it 
two years later for around $2400.00. The buyer didn't ask how much I 
might have paid for the item and I have no guilt whatsoever in what I 
did as long as I sold it for a fair price.

Gabe Vega wrote:
> My issue with  VR  clients selling their equipment for high prices even half the price of the original price is that they got it for free. so how are they trying to make a substancial proffit off of it?
> Gabe Vega - Sent from my MacbookAir
> Blog: http://thebt.net
> iMessage/Email: theblindtech at gmail.com
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>
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 10:47 AM, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> it's a good clue if the person is not willing to tell you the serial number.
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
>> To: "List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology" <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] item for sale
>>
>>
>>> can you answer honestly though if you bought this or if the state bought it for you? if so, how are you even justified in asking anywhere near that price?
>>> Gabe Vega - Sent from my MacbookAir
>>> Blog: http://thebt.net
>>> iMessage/Email: theblindtech at gmail.com
>>> Phone: (623) 565-9357
>>>
>>> On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:57 PM, "Sarah" <sarahandfamily at live.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good evening. I would like to sell a Pac Mate Omni QX440 with all accessories. I would like $2,500, but wil take as little as $1,900. The price is negotiable. the Omni is one year old.  Feel free to email me off list. Thank you.
>>>>    Sarah
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