The Commodore 65

On 10/3/2011 4:21 PM, William Donzelli wrote: I'm currently dealing with a seller who I have polled for years and may have bought from before. It's not worth looking back years of records, but I have similar material to what I just bought. Since the boards I bought came from a device I'm interested in, I asked if he had more of specific units, and he volunteered that there is another complete unit available at one of his customer's sites. He parted out the unit I have parts of, because there was no interest when he listed it complete, and I missed the listing. So I'm very interested in buying the unit he may have access to, don't feel he needs to list it on epay for me to feel good about having to outbid a 0 feedback bidder. I'm not sure of the reason for the attitude. there is a reason to be friendly to sellers, because if they have one nice gizmo, they probably have a warehouse full. I'd certainly look at past transactions and if they indicate the sale of generally the same stuff as I'm buying on, I'll deal on other stuff around the current auction. It's easy to see which sellers just have something and have no clue (say a rare terminal or part, and 500 collectable dolls are the other things they have listed). and also to look at the feedback. I have had little trouble getting a read from the situation, similar to what I'd find at a swap meet or hamfest. The situation is similar if you are dealing with people there or on ebay. Only difference is whether the seller will ship you the goods when you pay the money, which is easier to settle face to face. However the dealing and read of the vendor is about the same. You've probably missed out on some nice items because of your quick reports, and as William said probably won't be getting anything else from the seller. the worst experiences I've had is getting a bid on an Item I needed or wanted and then the seller cancels for some reason. Jim