When an opportunity to purchase something like this comes along, it would be
good to purchase it as a club, or group.   As a lay person interested in
law, I believe that is legal.  If, however, several individuals get together
to "rig a bid", that is collusion, which you'd better not get caught doing
at a federal bankruptcy auction!

Seems this sort of thing would be a good investment of list assets, so long
as we are not intending to violate copyright laws.  Oh dear, another can o'
worms!

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cooper, Jonathan R." <cooper@BQMLAW.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon promo video on E-bay

> Those of us who are lawyers on the list cringe at suggestions like this.
> This suggestion may be per se illegal. Sorry, but that is the way the
> antitrust laws read to me.
>
> Jonathan R. Cooper
> Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal
> 900 Skylight Office Tower
> Cleveland, OH 44113
> Cooper@BQMlaw.com
>
>
> 85 Westy
> 90 Cabriolet
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carrington, Tom [mailto:TCarrington@RELITECH.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:04 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon promo video on E-bay
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> There is a dealer-type Vanagon video for sale on E-bay that I am watching.
> It is being offered for sale by a non-listmember. So far, 2 listmembers
have
> bid on it, and I am watching it.
>
> What I am asking is that we not get in a bidding frenzy over it. I'd like
to
> get a copy, then output it to Real Video format for others to watch from
my
> website. And then we could send it on a tour from member to member. I
> remember a few years ago we had a similar deal with a video, where one
list
> member would ship it to another after they had seen it. Unfortunately, it
> did eventually disappear. :(
>
> If need be, we could pool funds if a non-listmember got in a bidding war
> with us.
>
> Thanks,
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://www.relitech.com/tomc
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 65 Notchback
>