Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners! Message-ID: <1991May10.012752.23987@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 10 May 91 01:27:52 GMT References: <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: >In article <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> lou@vaxsc writes: > > Disheartening, maybe, but not unethical. I would likely be upset too, but > I would be more upset if I found out that the dealer knew, and didn't tell > me. That would be unethical, in my opinion. > >I think your opinion is wrong. In fact, if you play that game on the >stock market, it's called insider trading, and you can go to jail for >it. It's not illegal in this case, though. I'd expect that advance >notice of sales would be one of the benefits of being a regular >customer of the store. > I agree. The company (CBM in this case) probably new about the Power Up program a month in advance, or at least had a strong idea about it. Why would it be unethical for a dealer in a similar situation to not mention it. -- Ethan "Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"