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Re: Calumet files Chapter 7

Tony Cooper
SubjectRe: Calumet files Chapter 7
FromTony Cooper
Date04/03/2014 02:54 (04/02/2014 20:54)
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On 2 Apr 2014 07:19:35 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
In article <haemj9h6orv6nlir7adjtloh7hnkskrv3b@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:

Tony Cooper
nospam goes into every discussion thinking that his position is the only right position.

nospam
everyone does that. that's what drives discussions. who goes into a discussion thinking that they're wrong??

Tony Cooper
You could respond to what I said, not what I didn't say. I don't phrase my comments without thought.

Sandman
Hehe

He what? Have you acquired a stutter?

Tony Cooper
There's a vast difference between thinking you are right and thinking that your position is the *only* right position. When there are options of ways to do things, there is often more than one right way to do them.

Sandman
How did that change nospam's reply, Tony? If he would have said:

"who goes into a discussion thinking their position is wrong?"

Is that how you read the comment? Does "only" not translate into Swedish?

It wouldn't have changed his meaning at all. No one does that. Humble and mature people can have their position swayed when proof and substantiations are brought forward, and then we have people like you, who will argue your position for days no matter how insane it is.

I guess you didn't have time to read what you were replying to. It wasn't at all about thinking one's position is right or not thinking one's position is right.

Tony Cooper
If that's true, then all that "online help" above isn't going to be taken advantage of either.

Sandman
Why not? It is found in direct relation to the product they're vieweing online.

Could you translate that sentence into English?

Checking reviews and ratings *before* you enter a store isn't really a smooth buyer experience.

Really? nospam must be right, then. I do things the hard way. I do, if the product represents a significant expense, check reviews and ratings before entering the store. Seems like the best way to do it.

Tony Cooper
So a $10 difference, after shipping charges, of one item establishes that camera stores charge double? And, you had to wait for delivery. What if you needed it today? What if what is offered online is a knock-off product from China that isn't as good a quality?

Sandman
Tony working hard to make it seem the prices quoted aren't "about double" by adding unrelated parameters.

Shipping costs are an unrelated parameter in deciding whether or not an online supplier's price is competitive?

And now B&H sells low-quality knock-offs from China?

I guess I must have missed where nospam said online choices are limited to B&H.

Tony Cooper
It all comes around to my position that there is often more than one "right" way to do things.

Sandman
As long as it's not nospam's way to do things, that is. That can never be right, no matter what.

No, I think he was right about something. Give me some time. I'm sure I'll think of something he was right about.

Just out of curiosity, does nospam send you "Thank you" notes with little x's and o's for coming to his defense so often?

-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL

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