Since I don't drink, but need a muffler, and he's already 50 bucks ahead
of local competition, I call it payment and refuse to worry 'bout it, Ron's
been pretty good to deal with for the most part.

Tromper
Loud and Rattly 82 Dieselfant II

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of George Goff
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bus Depot Beta Test

In a message dated 6/14/03 1:32:21 PM, mikeyb@THECABLE.NET writes:

<< I was just reading over the complaints about B** D**** not paying Beta
testers.  Offering 10% discounts seems great to me.  I can only guess that
people complaining didn't read about that. >>

Why is it that some people equate a discount on goods PURCHASED with
compensation?  The key element in compensation is payment.  That is, payment
from the
compensator to the compensated, not in the other direction.  The term
"churning", as used by those generous souls hawking stocks, comes to mind
when I hear
of the awarding of a discount on future purchases in payment for services
rendered.  Now, if anyone has been able to buy a bottle of Yuengling Larger
with
their discount, I might change my opinion.

George