Dear All,
I am an old fogey and have never felt comfortable using a completely different format for e-mailt han I would for other mail.I really never found the "hi" address to be anything serious. When have any of you adressed a group that you do not have a personal relationship with, using or Hello instead of the common style of mail address. As seen above the seemingly emotional Dear..., I also sign off with.
Sincerely Yours,
I began doing this since my early 30s.
If I wish to be abrupt for brevity or neutrality I will use a simple (:) as in
ChadnLiz:
I can assure you that I know the price is fair and firm. In truth, by definition anything is only worth whata person or group of people will pay for it.Which does not convey the same arbitrary decision in " I know what the price should be." It may be what you would like to get for your item, but the buyers will accept your point of view or will tell you otherwise. The communicationof the actual value will be determined by an absence of a purchase on your terms. Even though a very "fair and firm" price or the remarkably terrifying and unrefined insult of an offer to pay less than your well considered opinion regarding the fairness of the price you assigned to them. Who are you convincing by simply announcing your intolerance to otheroffers ,who heaven forbid may be well conversant in the market for that item. I will tell you what. I have some tubes which are rare and sound great IMHO. I don't think there are any for sale at the moment.I am thinking of a special 12AU7, the Amperex 7316 NIB. The boxes are themselves are in excellent condition. The tubes are pritine,clearly acid etched with the Heerlen Holland properly dated codes and clean printing. I have tested them and the gain,transconductance are absolutely indicative of NOS. The sound is exquisite. What would be fair? What they are worth to me? That would be at least $1,000 firm,should I desire to sell them. Perhaps a fairer price should be my cost plus a finder's fee ? I have 2 pairs that are very much alike and a slightly different type. A well known version of this tube labeled Mazda ECC 186 but clearly acid etched as a Heerlen Phillips tube like the others. What is fair? The tubes are real, but I am not selling them. Unless someone wishes to make an unusually generous offer.
Sincerely,
Steven A. Mechans
