: >
: >I just wanted to let you know that there are a few honest and good people out
: >there (even outside of Iowa).  I'm sorry if anyone thinks that I am wasting
: >space, but I thought you might want some relief from the "So-and-so is a thief"
: >posts.  Not that I think we shouldn't hear about the bad deals, but it would be
: >nice to hear some good news once in a while.
: 
: This was nice of Kevin to post this.  But just so no one is misled, the
: VAST MAJORITY of usenetters are "honest and good people."  In fact, in
: the latest study, 99.7% of all net.deals went off smoothly without a
: hitch.  It's just that the few bad ones are what get all the publicity.

      Agreed.  I have yet to run into a problem in deals over the net
      and I have bought things from CDs (plenty!) to a full computer.
      The only small problem that I have had was with UPS rather than
      the seller.  Besides, complaints are always what get the
      publicity....when something goes wrong, people complain.  Rarely
      have I seen posts stating how well a deal went through.  I guess
      Kevin is practically a first!