5 Jul
2005
5 Jul
'05
8:38 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, C Fernandez wrote:
He's replying after the auction. I wouldn't
send individual replies to
a bunch of people after the auction either. Most people ask questions
so they know if they want to bid, or how much too bid..... after the
auction it's a moot point.
A lot of people asked some good questions, like, "Why didn't you open up
the box to find out if it really was an Apple-1?" No sane person who
knows anything about the Apple 1 and Apple ][ would've passed up the
opportunity to find out this information. Even the most dim-witted person
would've had an inkling that he ought to check. This guy just skirted
around the issue, and not cleverly I might add.
I think the reason why this pisses me off is because I (and I'm sure I'm
not alone here) hate idiot hucksters like this guy. I guess I should be
more angry with the idiot sucker who fell for this and bid $2,550 on a
plywood box with a keyboard. It's bad for the hobby on both ends.
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