20 Oct
2000
20 Oct
'00
8:13 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: A LART is needed (was: VCF 4.0)
I KNOW this to be a fact, that relatively small
amounts of product
dumping
(99 cent ebay ads) can kill the value of whole
categories of products. As
soon as the dumpers run out the price often comes right back up to a more
reasonable level (anything selling for less than cost of shipping isn't
too
reasonable to me).
An illustration of how it pays to be patient and judicious in when you
sell: there's a fellow in Vancouver BC (eBay id packnship) who has (or had)
a large number of new or near new Amiga CD-32s. He's been steadily
trickling them onto the market, one at a time, for months if not years.
Every once in a while he throws in an extra goodie, like an SX-1 expansion
or a CD-32 modem. They continually fetch good prices. I suspect that a
Dutch auction or sale in bulk would have realized much lower prices.
If you want a new in box CD-32, watch Computers > Hardware > Amiga on eBay
for a while.
Mark.