25 Jan
2002
25 Jan
'02
6:39 a.m.
At 03:22 PM 1/25/2002 -0500, Jeff Hellige wrote:
You've got to be a fool to place a bid on something
at the beginning of a 9 day auction on eBay and think you're going to get it.
No, that's the sport and entertainment value of eBay.
It's ingenious. You underestimate the vast hordes of
people using eBay. You can sometimes win at low prices.
I've sold a number of classic computer items where the
first early bidder won. For example, I recently sold
a set of circa 1987 white Amiga ROM Kernal manuals for $1.50.
It was almost $11 to ship them to the UK.
- John