10 May
2000
10 May
'00
2:07 p.m.
If the junyard is dirty enough, and the weather bad enough, not to mention
if the item is scarce enough, the effort of obtaining it is worth something
significant, don't you agree? That would serve, perhaps, to warrant the
SERIOUS increase in price.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Ebay Altair
I
>John Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Anyone who pays significantly more than the scrap value, is not looking
>> hard enough.
>
>Absolutely! The other side of that coin though is some people are not
>interested in looking, and are therefore willing to pay someone else to
do
that. Why else
would something like ebay be such a success?
We are talking in most cases a SERIOUS amount of value added, not only do dig up the rare part, I know what it is, know how to
test it, fix it, know
it from the rev b that is worthless, etc. etc. For me, eBay has brought
too
many sellers to the market so that prices are often
too low for me to buy
and sell items at anything remotely like a profit considering my time to
even pack, let alone find something.