That's just seller's remorse.
It's obviously up to you, but I'd have strongly considered disputing it with
eBay as a seller refusing to honor the auction results is every bit as
bad (or even worse) than a buyer refusing to honor the auction result.
The value of it was determined. It's the $5 you were willing to pay and
that no one else was willing to pay more for it.
Just my worthless $.02
Todd
* Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> [150723 17:03]:
Just FYI -- the seller and I failed to reach an
agreement; I assume this
means he'll be relisting it (hopefully with a starting bid or reserve that
matches his expectations).
- Josh
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:45 AM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I told him he might get $500 in untested condition, a lot more if it
> works. Video, good pics, be ready with a ship quote, etc. He may have
> asked more than just me, but that is what I told him
> On Jul 23, 2015 12:31 PM, "Josh Dersch" <derschjo at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > It was me. Despite the listing being "local pickup only" the
description
> > notes that the seller's willing to arrange shipping (it just won't be
> > cheap). So I put in a lowball bid on it. Did not expect to be the high
> > bidder, definitely did not expect to be the only bidder.
> >
> > That said, immediately after the auction ended, the seller contacted me
> > and explained that he'd screwed up; he's new to eBay, couldn't
figure out
> > how to set a reserve (or an opening bid amount, apparently) and just
> > couldn't let the thing go for $5. Since I'm not completely heartless
> (just
> > mostly) I'm trying to work something out with him, but we'll see; he
> seems
> > to think it's worth a fortune -- I'm not so sure. (Rare doesn't
> > necessarily equate to worth and all that...)
> >
> > If I do end up with the system, I'll dump the ROMs, etc.
> >
> > - Josh
> >
> >
> > On 7/23/15 7:24 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> >
> >> did anyone here get this?
> >>
> >>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281752359535
> >>
> >> I am interested in a firmware dump, but not enough to drive to socal to
> >> get it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>