[Fot] [TR] "Classic & Sports Car" March 2007 Issue "All Triumph's TRs" FOR SALE

[Justin Wagner]

Mark,

It's hardly a case of the "last one holding it gets stuck with the bill" 
as if I was setting up some sort of evil pyramid scheme.  The last one 
holding it gets to keep it.  Some people actually like to be at the end 
of such a process, they're called "collectors"!   No guilt here. 

It turns out that the buyer was looking for the magazine, so I am doing 
him a service, with no finder's fee, no hidden handling fees, no mark 
up, and no hidden agenda.  I drove to the store, I bought the magazine 
with sales tax,  I made the post, I fielded the responses,  I'll pack 
the magazine, I'll drive to the post office, and I'll ship the magazine. 
And he will have it in hands before his check has even been cashed.  Did 
you say I will have read the magazine for "free" as a result of this 
offer?  Once again, no guilt here.  

I know you're just "joking", but your comment was forwarded to the 
entire group and, joking or not, it impugned my character, particularly 
if a reader,  possibly like you, didn't consider the other side of the 
coin.  If you had made your comment in private, to me alone, I'd be 
laughing with you.   One should always think twice before hitting that 
send button, particularly when there's CC's involved.   I know I've 
screwed up by pushing the send button many a time, myself, and I'm sure 
I'll  make similar mistakes in the future, no doubt.  (Maybe I'm making 
a mistake here!)

Maybe next time I find a particularly Triumph collectable magazine, I'll 
wait a few months, and then put it on Ebay.   One time I did that when 
the magazine was still new, and a guy bid it up to $60.00.   I felt 
guilty and wrote the guy, and he said, "No worries!  I'm just glad to 
have found magazine, they're sold-out around here.  I'm happy to pay the 
$60.00."   So maybe I should just stick to the profit angle in the 
future?   

--Justin
(just a little miffed)


Mark Hooper wrote:

>Meaning you get to read it for free...  Musical magazines. The last one holding it gets stuck with the bill. Are you sure you're not channeling Mr. Heaney from Green Acres? :^)
> 
>Mark
>(just joking)
>
>________________________________
>
>From: owner-triumphs at autox.team.net on behalf of Justin Wagner
>Sent: Sun 25/03/2007 12:19 AM
>To: Friends of Triumph; Triumphs
>Subject: [TR] "Classic & Sports Car" March 2007 Issue "All Triumph's TRs" FOR SALE
>
>
>
>Friends...
>
>I bought the March issue of Classic & Sports Car... the cover article is
>"All Triumph's TRs:  Britain's first family of sports cars:  we test the
>greats from TR2 to TR8".
>
>I've gone cover to cover, but I'm not in a collecting mode with these.  
>I'd be happy to pass it along for the cover price, plus shipping.  It's
>still like new. 
>
>--Justin