Hmm, there might be a slight difference in a war, Rand; lives were not at stake
here.
I ask for this reason: I have just sold my wife's car, a 1999 Beetle. For the
last 5 or 6 years it has had a squeal from the starter motor, but no other
fault in that area. The buyer, a Slovakian, noticed it and remarked that he
would have to change the motor. I assured him that it has worked for 6 years
and that I was confident that it would continue to do so. He took me at my
word, and that's important to me. I'd like to think that there is a chance
that you are dealing with trustworthy people in daily life.
I suppose that I might have kept to the "it doesn't work" line in your place,
but I seem to remember a different case some years ago: someone on the List
mentioned that he had managed to persuade the inheritor of a camera that it was
broken and that inheritor was an older person. I didn't pipe up then, but I
felt uncomfortable at the situation.
Chris
On 17 Apr 2011, at 16:24, Rand E wrote:
> The seller and I were gambling. I was hoping that it was just a case
> of depleted batteries and he was hoping that he could get rid of an item
> that he knew didn't function "as-is".
> I merely pointed out that it didn't work. Which was not an untruth.
> I could just as easily have ended up with a camera body that looked
> nice, but didn't function. This is a flea market ! There are no
> returns ! No warranty once you walk away.
> I feel no guilt in the matter, nor would he if the situation were reversed.
> If you were in a dogfight and you knew that your opponent's plane had
> a weakness, would you feel guilty if you exploited that weakness to gain
> victory ? I think not !
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