6 Apr
2005
6 Apr
'05
7:01 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
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.
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