Mastro Auctions Mastro's Stuff?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Except Countrywide didn't rip you off, a person did. And that person wasn't your good old friend. In fact he didn't know you at all.

And you don't know if Bill Mastro shilled anything.

Yet.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

And you don't know if Bill Mastro shilled anything.

Yet.

Actually, I do.

Regardless, how does your analogy fit in the discussion of the issue at hand?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Actually, I do.

Regardless, how does your analogy fit in the discussion of the issue at hand?

I wasn't really making an analogy, but Peter seemed shocked that someone would feel differently about being a victim of a broad crime compared to a focused crime. I merely gave an example of where it was pretty easy to feel different.

As for your knowledge of Bill Mastro's shilling if it is indeed true I hope we all get to see that proof some day.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Yossarian: Those bastards are trying to kill me.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: No one is trying to kill you sweetheart. Now eat your dessert like a good boy.
Yossarian: Oh yeah? Then why are they shooting at me Milo?
Dobbs: They're shooting at everyone Yossarian.
Yossarian: And what difference does that make?
Dobbs: Look Yossarian, suppose, I mean just suppose everyone thought the same way you do.
Yossarian: Then I'd be a damn fool to think any different.

[base_ball]

I wonder which auction house is going to be lucky enough to score the A. Alfred Taubman and DeDe Brooks collections?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

As for your knowledge of Bill Mastro's shilling if it is indeed true I hope we all get to see that proof some day.

If proof is shown in the form of multiple witnesses, documents and tapes at a later date, the usual suspects on the board will say, "well, I'm not convinced."

If proof is shown in the form of a guilty verdict at a later date, the usual suspects on the board will say, "the jury just doesn't understand our hobby."

If proof is shown in the form of a guilty plea at a later date, the usual suspects on the board will say, "they plead guilty but they just did so to spare the hobby embarrassment."

Everyone has an agenda. Mine is that I don't like getting ripped off, period. Some others may not mind getting ripped off because they perceive that they have made or could make more money with Mastro/Allen than they lost due to fraud. Just a thought.