P3D Romney's book (was eBay crazy prices (part III))

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If Sears knows that Walmart sells a sweater for less than
>they sell it for, should Sears put that info in their
>Sunday paper ads in fine print next to their offering?

I knew someone would have to say that... With all due
respect, this example bears no resemblance to the 
situation on hand here...

I just checked the first auction of Romney's book and it 
brought $52.  $52 for a copy of a used book that can be 
obtained new for $17!  There is no business spirit here... 
It is just taking advantage of the ignorance of the buyer.  
Period.   

I would personally be embarrassed to have my name associated
with such transaction, even if it is clearly the buyer's
ignorance that created this monster.  Still, as a seller, 
I feel it is my duty to educate my customers, not to take
advantage of them... And I feel this way no matter if I am
selling in ebay, sell-3d or in person in NSA.  And if I
did not know about the existence of a source of new books
when I placed it for sale but was informed later, I'd be 
happy to either take it back or sell it for a fixed price 
*less* that the price of the new product.  (And Mike, I am
sure you would have done the same too.)

NOW, if I had discovered Romney and his product, and helped
him publish his ideas, or bought 500 copies his book for
$10 ea. and then advertised it appropriately and told
people about the merits of this product, and made flyers
and web pages myself to promote this, and then sold it
for $25 ea., then this is business.

George Themelis

PS. Ed Romney is well known for a series of camera repair
    manuals.  I have met the gentleman in person in a camera
    show here in Cleveland.... One of his repair manuals is 
    on the Stereo Realist camera.  Not many people know about 
    this book because Romney has made put no particular effort 
    to advertise it in stereo circles.  He has lots of different 
    books and tools for different camera repairs....  He even
    joined P3d a few years back and posted a few good Realist
    repair tips before he disappeared...

PPS.  Can someone post his web page in photo-3d??? :-) :-) 
      I will personally email all those who bid on eBay and
      give them this reference.  Or, is this illegal?  :-)



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