6 Apr
2005
6 Apr
'05
7:59 p.m.
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I only skimmed the auction listing. In this case, this is one data point
so far to prove my thesis that the Christie's auction was going to be a
bad thing :/
I don't
know that we can go blaming Christie's for every over-priced
eBay manual we see from now on (though it may make us feel better to
do so ;)
Well, they mentioned Christie's in the auction, which is why I
associated the two together... I wonder if that quote I pasted above (assuming the
same seller, which
seems likely) indicates that they finally ended up scrapping the
system. It'd be sad, but with some people, it seems sanity is quite a
ways off...
They probably did, but only because they were too stupid or indifferent to
at least let someone just take it. And then of course they use that to
create an impetus to sell the manuals for a ridiculous sum (buy these
manuals or we'll shred them!)
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