6 Apr
2005
6 Apr
'05
7:10 a.m.
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:01, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I wonder if that quote I pasted above (assuming the same seller, which
seems likely) indicates that they finally ended up scrapping the
system. It'd be sad, but with some people, it seems sanity is quite a
ways off...
Pat
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Well, they mentioned Christie's in the auction, which is why I
associated the two together...
A set of manuals?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5181524752
No, guess again. There's a reserve on those.
Another example of where the Christie's auction helped to make
people think that things are worth *way* more than they really are.
I don't know that we can go blaming Christie's for every over-priced
eBay manual we see from now on (though it may make us feel better to
do so ;) And my
favorite quote from his auction:
"most of these system were destroyed due to the nature/technology
of the system and fear of them getting into the wrong hands"
DONT LET THE TERRISTS GET THER HANDS ON TEH BIG COMPOOTERS!!!
I'd love to see these people do a little bit of research on stuff
they're listing on ebay, instead of just pulling info out of their
ass, or what they heard on some cable news network. At the very
least, they could say "I don't know anything about this" instead of
making stuff up....
I think these are the same people that were trying to sell the actual
computer a few weeks ago and were asking for an unlikely sum for that
too. Even though I explained to them a couple times they should be
happy if someone offers to take it away without charging them, they
still insisted on finding a buyer. Duh.