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>>We have a term for that kind of "upgrade".  Its called stealing.  Now
>>you look at it as harmless (all lame-asses do), but when Best Buy finds
>>out, they up their prices.  Do you think you are the only ones doing
>>it?  No!  All of the lame-ass cheapskates out there do it.
>>
>>This is why people complain about the rising cost of things.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>Whew.  Enough venting for today.  lets get back on topic.  This is NOT
>>the alt.I.am.a.lame.ass.bastard.so.flame.me NG.

>I've never really understood you internet-lurking, moral defenders of
>justice.  What do you do?  Scour the newsgroups, searching for
>articles you deem unethical and proceed to scold the author?  BTW your
>verbal spanking may hold more validity if you did less name-calling (I
>counted 5 lame-asses alone) and posted your arguments more cogently.  


>The few points you did make were rather fallacious: 1) The *very* few
>people who actually purposely return the wrong merchandize to costumer
>service desks at computer stores will not significantly effect product
>pricing.  The mere fact that you're able to get away with it,
>indicates it's not much of a problem.  

Everything adds up...


>2) Why should a guy making
>minimum wage with no benefits give a shit what costumers get away with
>in the store he or she's employed at?  And why would this effect their
>ability to help the costumers find the products they need?

Because it is his job.  Prices will certainly go up as long as idiots do not
do what they are paid to do.


>Finally, the people who posted here were trying to help others, who
>may be financially challenged, acquire some measly scraps the huge
>conglomerate companies drop from their table.  

I am not sure I want to respond to this ludicrous statement.  Instead I'll
paraphrase:  It is okay to steal from people/companies because they have lots 
of money.  Do you really mean this?


>So why don't you get
>off your moral high horse, quite scouring the internet for flaim-bait,
>(such as this article I'm sure)  just read the stuff you're interested
>in, and leave us lame-ass-bastards alone?

If you saw the originator (Chris Anderson <c...@austin.ibm.com> ) as on a
moral high horse, then your preception of the world differs a great deal from 
mine...

Warren Long