On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
I've been following the E-bay auctions for SCSI
drives closely in the
past month or two, and what's *really* amazing is that sometimes there'll
be 4 identical items, all from the same seller, all closing within minutes
of each other, and in one auction the drive is bid up to $180.00 and in an
another auctions the cost settles around $60-$70.
That is one aspect of Ebay that I don't understand -- that some sellers
will put multiple identical items up at the same time potentially keeping
their bid prices down by preventing a war between two anxious prospective
buyers over one item. It seems to make sense to put a large number of
different items out at once instead.
That is one reason that I don't worry too much if I see an item that I
want and I get out bid. The smart sellers with several such items will
put them out one at a time and I know I just need to check back the next
week to find his/her next item.
I tend to collect things on ebay which are useful with my classic
machines; bootable CDROM drive, tape unit and 1 GB SCSI drives for my
VS3100M76 & RS6000 220 and DSSI drives for my 5400. They doesn't seem to
be an indordinate shortage of these items to escalate prices unreasonably.
paul