9 Apr
1998
9 Apr
'98
3:01 a.m.
I guess this would depend on how the market perceives the pricing as seen on
ebay. The Altairs that recently sold there for about $1.5K seemed extremely
reasonable to me considering I was contacted a while back by someone wanting
to buy one of my Altairs. They had sold their previous one for $3K. Every
auction I have ever gone to has always had some clueless bidders bidding
pricing up to the point where knowledgable bidders just laugh (and cry!)
This debate surfaces every so ofter, and I continue to look at selling
prices where there a number of buyers (such as ebay) as a place to watch re:
the final pricing.
SUPRDAVE wrote:
In a message dated 4/8/98 9:48:53 PM Eastern Daylight
Time,
marvin(a)rain.org
writes:
I would disagree with this as part of the continuing education in any
collectable field is having some idea of what the market value is, and
ebay
certainly provides some guidance in that regard! >
Well, i'd be willing to argue that. i dont think i would consider ebay to
set
current market prices for anything. i have a friend who uses it, and he
said
it's great for the seller if one is selling anything quasi-rare or semi-
unusual as the manic bidders want to outdo themselves and drive the prices
way
up. he said i should sell my apple //c lcd screen on ebay as he said one
went
for almost $400. besides, i have seen prices there fluctuate wildly
anyway.