Ebay madness

Well I have been staying away from this discussion....but here are my 2 cents: 1- I dont mind defective machines because I fix them. Complete and unmodified defective is better than : scratches, dents, cracks and hacks and burnt crt's for me... 2-Ebay is crap for a buyer. The concept of the "auction" is something that advantages the seller...period I actually posted my first object on ebay (YES ME!) recently and I was ashamed a service manual for a Heathkit signal generator (1962) sold for $17.50US. When the winning bidder emailed, I told him I had 3 more Heathkit manuals that I offered to him for whatever he would give me...This is too much of a hassle for the few $ this brings in. Of course I let him have the manuals for whatever he offered...I dont know if Ill post other items, this is quite time consuming for the $s. My work brings in my money. My hobby is computer collecting (I have others...) and I dont let "money issues and dealings" get mixed into hobbies or they dont "feel like hobbies" anymore....no? But then again, thats just me... Claude http://computer_collector.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:38 PM Subject: Re: Ebay madness