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Originally Posted by atari 2600
What's my point? What's your point? Do you think everyone but you is stupid? What's the difference whether you sell shows that have been already burned to a disc or ones still on a hard drive?
Ever since you first appeared at the "old" Sonic Youth messageboard, you've done many, many B&Ps with a PayPal account for "postage." I just regularly dismissed this as you simply being a music lover wanting to share the music (in fact, if you'll remember, I was someone who defended you when others levelled accusations when you first started posting and no one knew you), but in light of these hard drives being sold, I'm starting to wonder about all the many solicitations for B&Ps (over the years) and (now) hard drives.
Who in the hell goes through the trouble to buy multiple hard drives, fill them up with lossless bootleg data files, and sell them unless there is something in it for them?
You also sold at least one hard drive at the old board that I can remember.
Now, you've solicited to sell two full hard drives in this one thread over a period of only a few months. Surely you can understand how this behavior would cause someone to wonder about your motives.
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To address al your points:
- I don't sell shows. In fact, you seem to conveniently forget that I've often given away shows for free on the old board, and still do (for instance: ask Lee, board members Pokkeherrie / Tokolosh / Tunic, Dime member Magnix).
- Re the two
different hard drives being sold: I upgraded my 250 GB
3.5" drive to a 500 GB one, and my 80 GB
2.5" portable to a 160 GB one. What's so hard to understand here?
And did I overcharge for my drives? No, I simply went by going prices for second-hand drives on eBay - ask sonicl or matto.
- "Who in the hell goes through the trouble to buy multiple hard drives, fill them up with lossless bootleg data files, and sell them unless there is something in it for them?"
Well, that's
your point of view - my point of view is that hard drives tend to fill up, you know? Given my slightly cramped living quarters, I much prefer one 500 GB drive to five 100 GB ones cluttering my desk (and so does my girlfriend
).
- "Now, you've solicited to sell two full hard drives in this one thread over a period of only a few months. Surely you can understand how this behavior would cause someone to wonder about your motives." - well, that's their problem, not mine.
Anyway, to imply that I've ever profited from recording, collecting, sharing and giving away shows is ridiculous - the only reason I use PayPal for small B&Ps is that it's much more convenient and cheaper (for both parties involved) than IRC's or international money orders.