26 Feb
2000
26 Feb
'00
1:46 a.m.
I went into a surplus store today and found a
complete set of HP logic
probes, pulser, chip clip and comparator. I asked what the price was and
the onwer ran over to his computer and checked to see what they were
selling for on E-bay. Needless to say, I left without buying it.
My guess is then that you didn't need it.
Last month at TRW I was looking in a box of mac junk, offered the guy $35
for it, which he considered for minute, then started digging through the
box and pulled out a card and sold it for $150 to another person who just
walked up. Sometimes you win, sometimes you get what you need, sometimes it
goes right past you.
OTOH the really curious card I bought from him turns out to be functionally
useless.
My eBay peeve are people who say FS, but really just have a eBay link.
I use eBay to set my own prices and it cuts both ways. Most items have
drastically lowered prices, with just a few critical items holding value or
going up.