Now we are getting to what I thoughty was going on and iot's weird, i've even been in these things before. It's what I think Charles is getting to. That 'outside opinionated 'expert' Where did he/she come from? A polanted shill in many cases- watch for winks and other signals. Some of these shenanigans make the three-cup-and-ball-scam seem benign.
It's not about the skill of the prestodigitator, but the 'CONfidence' schemes employed.
Larry Black Mt Airy, Md In a message dated 4/19/04 9:56:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, chasds@mindspring.com writes: But, I will tell you what *does* bug me in this connection. When there's a bike for sale, offers are sought, and some do-gooder decides to tell the owner that their bike/part is worth some huge amount of money, but said do-gooder is not willing to *pay* that for said item. That really rubs me the wrong way. Now the seller has what is very likely an inflated sense of what their stuff is worth, and I have to try to put him or her back in touch with reality in the course of negotiations. I've had this happen to me more than once, and I must confess, *that* is very annoying.
Charles "what's the equivalent of *caveat emptor* for a
seller?* Andrews
SoCal