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On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Robert Dewar wrote: > I would say that you are both right, it is true that you could get > $1200 for that machine, and it was also true that it was not worth > nearly that much. What this shows is that if you are inclined you > can certainly try to sell a machine for more than it is worth (to > someone who knows what things are worth) if you manage to find > someone who does not know what things are worth! At the risk of dragging this out, I would say "market price" is an aggregate of what anyone is willing to pay, not just those who "know what things are worth." There will be a range of prices people are willing to pay. The stingy ones (most of Usenet) are at the low end of the distribution, and by no means define what a machine is "worth." Just because you made a better deal than the lowest bidder doesn't mean you sold it to someone who doesn't know what it's worth. Since this is really off-topic, I won't comment further on this thread. -- John H. Kim "I stop for red traffic lights" -- bumper sticker jokim@mit.edu commissioned by the City of Boston as part of a MIT Sea Grant campaign to shed its reputation for bad drivers.