6 Feb
2004
6 Feb
'04
2:16 a.m.
now what the hell is a 600 volt outlet?
110 220 440 maybe but 600 volt? hmm.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Finnegan" <pat(a)computer-refuge.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: Greedy E-bay idiots!
On Thursday 05 February 2004 18:53, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Joe R. wrote:
You mean like this guy?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3075103057
That's been relisted on eBay since last Spring or maybe Winter. With a
$4k start bid, that can't be cheap. At this point it wouldn't suprise
me if he's spent hundres of $$ just relisting the machine. If he just
had some sense to either lower the opening bid or sell it in some other
venue that bought that kind of thing... And from an email exchange I
had with that guy when I was considering buying it, he's 1) got no idea
what he has and 2) is willing to sell it for less money. I think I
managed to get him down to $2500 or $2k - I'd be suprised if he
wouldn't have sold it by now if he'd set the start bid to something
near that.
Of couse, he seems to resell Compaq PeeCee hardware, so he can't be all
that bright. ;)
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
Have you ever noticed how many times some
people will relist the
same item? I remember one item that I know the seller relisted at
least 8 times. They must be paying an arm and a leg in listing
fees. You'd think they'd wise up after it didn't sell the first
couple of times.
Yeah, that really gets me. Especially when I make a reasonable offer
on something that has received no bids at least a couple times, and
the seller balks and relists it. By the time they actually do sell
it (if ever) they are already in the hole with all the listing fees!
Who ARE these people!?