In article <20060129211255.10748.qmail at web51613.mail.yahoo.com>,
steve <gkicomputers at yahoo.com> writes:
a ebay pricing guide would be useful, and it
needs to
just be called just that, the price it sells on ebay,
whether people think it is too high or too low or
doesn't represent the true value shouldn't come in to
the equation. Although, someone would have to take
into account the condition and accesories sold with
the computer.
If it sold for $X on ebay, then it was worth $X to someone. That's
Minor correction. It was worth _at least_ $X to someone. Several times
I've got classic computer bits for the opening bid because nobody else
wanted them (or perhaps knew what they were), my maximum bid was around
10 times that.
And the fact that it sold for $X on e-bay once doesn't mean it will
again. If you want a particular object, you might bid $X for it (and get
it). But if one shows up again, you might not want a second one, or would
at least bid considerably less for it. And if nobody else is interested...
-tony