The Mellotron Group

Who is Allen Strange? Sorry for the ignorance, I guess I could look it  
up...
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 10/17/2010 3:11:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gabru@comsec.net writes:

 
 
 
 

 
Thanks John,
 
I try to make a point of keeping from getting  into these things on the 
Internet....I just don't always do a good job  
of it! :)  I came for the Mellotron info  and stories as well and will try 
to stick to that.
 
Cheers,
 
Gary
 

  
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 From:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
[newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On  Behalf Of john barrick [barrickjohn262@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday,  October 17, 2010 11:53 AM
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]  Re: Allen Strange




 
 
 
I came for the Mellotron...I stayed for the fun.  Please let's keep  this 
fun.  Let's not be so quick to be offended by something others might  say.  
Once we begin to edit content, we restrict the flow of ideas, and  the fun 
often goes along with it.
To Gino - I like your stance on this -  I've done the same in the past.
To Gary - Well argued and you make some  very important distinctions.  You 
have an admirable solution.

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Gary Brumm <_gabru@comsec.net_ 
(mailto:gabru@comsec.net) > wrote:


 
 
 
 
Gino,
 
Making a profit does not make you a greedy bastard.  Profit and  greed are 
two completely different things.  Selling 
that book for someone who wanted to pay $450  would not have been greedy it 
would have been smart  business. 
To the buyer it would have been worth it or they would not have paid  that 
much.  Selling food or  drugs to to 
someone who  "needed" it for an "excessive" price because they are "forced" 
to do the  transaction is greed.  If that 
student just  needed the content of the book he could probably have bought 
the PDF from  the publisher for $15.  If 
you sold your  book for $450 you could have bought him the PDF and donated 
$435 to a needy  charity.  
 
Lastly please reread your earlier  post:
 
 
"There is too much surface noise in this group. 


There are lots of places to go on the net to spew forth on  politics, 
religion, guns etc...  Probably, even at grade level.    


I have seen other groups hijacked by off med psych patients,  drunks, 
druggers, home schooled intellectuals and others who make the  traffic on the 
group go down to almost nothing because nothing on the  subject is being 
discussed without being sullied (ruined, fucked up).  



There are smart people who are turning away from this group because it  is 
veering into useless territory."
 
.....let's get back to Mellotron/music related  topics....That is why we 
are here.
 
g
 


  
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From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   [_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ]  On Behalf Of gino wong [_wonggster@gmail.com_ 
(mailto:wonggster@gmail.com) ]
Sent:  Sunday, October 17, 2010 9:33 AM  

To: synth diy; _ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com) ;  _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 

Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: Allen Strange




 
 
 
 
Putting it up on Ebay is in fact hypocrtical.  It could end up  getting to 
the $450 ABE books price.  hell a vendor might do it to keep  the value of 
his stock up.

I sold it to a Curtis student for $1.  He will be able to use it.  I also 
gave him an Elka synth. 
 


My point was not to a greedy bastard or frequent greedy bastards.  
Henceforth I will just shut up and do right as i see it.




gw





On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM, gino wong <_wonggster@gmail.com_ 
(mailto:wonggster@gmail.com) >  wrote:

I am posting the Allen  Strange  (first trade paper ed , I think) book up 
on Ebay.us.  Starting bid will be $10.  I am sickened by high prices and 
greed.  This is my way of drawing the line.  I am now at war with  greed.  


Itl go up on Sunday I think.


gw