5 Oct
2010
5 Oct
'10
2:20 p.m.
In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.1010051655160.2564 at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>,
Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> writes:
Except when Mr. Deep Pockets insists on buying up
every instance of
said item (or piece of a system). This has happened to me quite often.
Yes, well some pockets are deeper than others :-). For stuff like
SAGE gear, I can easily see the situation you describe being the case.
For things like VT100s, its a little different. I have seen a very
nice condition VT100 offered on ebay and selling for a high price,
followed by a splash of crappy VT100s being listed with high prices
that don't sell.
The stuff that I monitor tends to be more of the VT100 variety and
less of the SAGE variety. Then again, rarity doesn't always translate
to price, either. The Aesthedes graphic design system is *extremely*
rare and very cool, but was obtained for $10. Of course shipping it
was non-trivial, which is probably why no other buyers appeared.
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