Chuck Harris wrote:
Jik Bombo wrote:

"Chuck Harris" wrote in message
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Two bad experiences are not enough to form a conclusion.



Not true. How many bad experiences are required to form a conclusion
is entirely up to the person forming the conclusion.

Whatever number he says is valid, is valid.

That's what freedom is all about.


So, what you are implying is I'm against freedom?

Let me put it this way, if a guy comes apon a crowded
city street, and runs headlong into the street, without
regard for the signals, and gets hit by a car, he might
conclude that it is very dangerous to cross that street.

Yet hundreds of thousands of others with, minimal schooling
in the ways of city traffic, can cross that same city street
without incident.


Hmmm, will the next analogy be about a woman who was assualted, but it
was her fault because she was pretty, or was wearing a nice skirt?
That's what you're doing here.

It was MY fault because I didn't check out the sellers feedback.

The unspoken statement that goes along with this is that since it was my
fault, it is acceptable for sellers to take advantage of the unaware.

Chuck, Ebay is simply not a good neighborhood. From my personal
experience, and from what I have read and observed, and had related to
me over the years, it is still not a good neighborhood.

That you come up with analogies such as me wearing a t-bone steak suit
(actually that was what my folks did to get the dog to play with me) ;^)
and now the running into the street thing, merely indicates that it is
not a good neighborhood.

Finally, there is an inconsistency in calling me naive after getting
screwed on Ebay twice. Seems as if stopping was the point at which I
lost the naivete




The conclusion drawn by the ignorant one is improperly formed.
Given the tiniest bit of schooling, he too could use ebay safely.

I suppose that with the proper schooling, one could have daily casual
sex with total strangers and not get STD's. No thanks, I'll pass.

- Mike KB3EIA -