"The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" was Re: I thought the Univac was expensive

Hi Not all that use other pictures are trying to be dishonest. I came across one case where I recognized the picture of the item I'd bid on. I immediately wrote the fellow and asked what was up. I said that he didn't have a picture but he couldn't see any difference between the one he had and the picture. He was right, when I got the board, it was in great shape. Still, I told him that if you use another's picture, you should make a statement, such as "Looks identical to this unit" or something. Dwight >From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net> > >>> It is an interesting batch of sales. If you look at their >>> other listings >>> there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM >>> 5100 listed with the a >>> strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in "antiques." >>> >>> >http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=254275 >7186 >> >> I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I >think they >> are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just registered. The ads are in >the >> wrong categories. The descriptions are not what would sell a piece of >equipment. >> Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian eBay site with shipping >in >> misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or possibly fraudulent (low >probability >> but worth being very careful) >> >> Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the >WEB. >> Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an original collection. >The high >> valuations lead me to think it might be a collector. > >This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped >from a UC Davis site: > >http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html