28 Jun
2024
28 Jun
'24
3:09 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 10:53 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Regardless I think Sellam is on to something here, there is need for a
service to manage the vintage computing collections of this who are not
predisposed to do so themselves. At a minimum an objective consultation
and report produced by an educated appraiser of vintage computing /
electronics that can be referenced by the collector's surviving family.
Something that says, here is what you have, here are your options.
Bill
> I
generally don't like "make an offer", unless the seller has already
> stated an offer. If so,then I can decide whether what I want to pay is
in
> a range that they would discuss it.
> Otherwise,it is usually futile to start a discussion.
On Thu, 27 Jun 2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
I make offers on eBay all the time and more often
than not they are
accepted (or a reasonable counter-offer comes as a reply). Maybe it's
because I'm not chasing what everyone else is after.
absolutely
eBay "make an offer" is actually a "counter-offer", since the seller
has
already posted some sort of price. Those can be quite productive.
The ones that I don't like are ones (particularly flea-market) where the
seller refuses to give any indication of what they want, and demands that
the potential buyer make the first offer.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com