Prop Runner
Sr Member
Yikes...
Most people - good, well-intentioned people - won't think twice before posting website links, and by the same token, nobody here needs to ask permission from anyone before e-mailing a source whose identity has been made public. And even if they weren't "outed," any Google search on MG81 would have led to them in under 60 seconds. They put themselves on the Internet, for better or for worse. If they don't like the attention, they can simply choose to ignore it or take themselves off it.
Do some people lack tact and discretion when contacting these sources? Sure. But keeping a discovery secret and/or making up some @#$%. story to cover it up out of ego, some false sense of entitlement or proprietariness, or good-ol' greed is contrary to everything this forum stands for.
People really need to get over it. I honestly don't care if I'll ever own an original suppressor or not. How many of us own blasters based on real Mausers? A damn few, I can tell you. What, maybe 1/2 of 1/2 of 1%? My blasters are all based on Denixes. Those who can afford to destroy a real Mauser, Sterling, or a rare MGC don't generally blink at the prices rare suppressors or scopes will fetch.
So Graflexes and MPPs went up in price. Big whoop. It was inevitable. Same with the scopes, cameras, lenses, suppressors, Rubbermaid containers, hair driers, TI calculators, and now British jet engine parts. Word will spread no matter how discreet we are. Most sellers and dealers aren't stupid - they'll figure it out once they see what kind of people are bidding on them based on the bidders' past eBay transactions.
It's a free market. The second words gets out, prices will rise, even if NOBODY mentions Star Wars. Sellers don't care why there's s surge in interest, but when they see that there is one, they'll raise their prices to meet demand. It's as simple as that.
Sheesh.
- Gabe
Most people - good, well-intentioned people - won't think twice before posting website links, and by the same token, nobody here needs to ask permission from anyone before e-mailing a source whose identity has been made public. And even if they weren't "outed," any Google search on MG81 would have led to them in under 60 seconds. They put themselves on the Internet, for better or for worse. If they don't like the attention, they can simply choose to ignore it or take themselves off it.
Do some people lack tact and discretion when contacting these sources? Sure. But keeping a discovery secret and/or making up some @#$%. story to cover it up out of ego, some false sense of entitlement or proprietariness, or good-ol' greed is contrary to everything this forum stands for.
People really need to get over it. I honestly don't care if I'll ever own an original suppressor or not. How many of us own blasters based on real Mausers? A damn few, I can tell you. What, maybe 1/2 of 1/2 of 1%? My blasters are all based on Denixes. Those who can afford to destroy a real Mauser, Sterling, or a rare MGC don't generally blink at the prices rare suppressors or scopes will fetch.
So Graflexes and MPPs went up in price. Big whoop. It was inevitable. Same with the scopes, cameras, lenses, suppressors, Rubbermaid containers, hair driers, TI calculators, and now British jet engine parts. Word will spread no matter how discreet we are. Most sellers and dealers aren't stupid - they'll figure it out once they see what kind of people are bidding on them based on the bidders' past eBay transactions.
It's a free market. The second words gets out, prices will rise, even if NOBODY mentions Star Wars. Sellers don't care why there's s surge in interest, but when they see that there is one, they'll raise their prices to meet demand. It's as simple as that.
Sheesh.
- Gabe
