12 Feb
2001
12 Feb
'01
1:44 p.m.
I could almost agree except from what I understand, this guy did
none of those things. He found someone who already had a
complete setup in his garage and took it off his hands. He then
"fired it up" without testing the power supply first or anything else
and then began looking for a "buyer". Either way, he put it up on
ebay and I'm sure someone out there will pay him what he wants
for it. It's more than I'd pay but if someone else does and they're
happy then more power to them. I won't knock ebay, I've used it
myself to pick up systems (never sold on there) but I've found for
me that if I wait and watch long enough, I'll find the exact same
thing for much less at some point. Besides, it's much more fun to
be the one to pick up parts here and there and put that system
together myself than buy it lock, stock and barrel. Maybe that's
the difference between many of the people on this list and those
that spend big bucks on ebay.
On 12 Feb 2001, at 9:49, Richard Erlacher wrote:
There's been a lot of hardware sold on eBay that
had no assurance that
it would ever work, no documentation, missing parts, etc, and it's
good to see that people are putting enough value on that by bidding up
the items that are complete and, above all, CLEAN and undamaged.
I believe that the reason eBay prices offend so many of the folks who
follow this list is that they're accustomed to picking things out of
the junk heap and subsequently putting forth the effort to turn the
"sow's ear" into the desired "silk purse" by gather up what's
needed
to return the originally junk hardware in to something of use, and,
hence, of value. These high prices simply reflect the fact that there
are people out there who appreciate that it does take lots of effort
to return a 25-year-old piece of stored-in-the-shed hardware in to a
clean, functional, piece of computer memorabilia complete with
documentation and software, that actually does something.
Dick
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