3 Jul
2003
3 Jul
'03
4:30 a.m.
Hi
Not all that use other pictures are trying to be
dishonest. I came across one case where I recognized
the picture of the item I'd bid on. I immediately
wrote the fellow and asked what was up. I said
that he didn't have a picture but he couldn't see any
difference between the one he had and the picture.
He was right, when I got the board, it was in
great shape. Still, I told him that if you use another's
picture, you should make a statement, such as "Looks
identical to this unit" or something.
Dwight
From: "Wayne M. Smith"
<wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
> It is an interesting batch of sales. If you
look at their
> other listings
> there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM
> 5100 listed with the a
> strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in
"antiques."
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=2…
7186
I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I
think they
are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just
registered. The ads are in
the
wrong categories. The descriptions are not what
would sell a piece of
equipment.
Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian
eBay site with shipping
in
misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or
possibly fraudulent (low
probability
but worth being very careful)
Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the
WEB.
Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an
original collection.
The high
valuations lead me to think it might be a
collector.
This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped
from a UC Davis site:
http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html