prices are crazy OT

dwight elvey wrote: <snip> If they are ebay store holders they can insert the listings much cheaper than individual people can, so they can insert the silly pricing to find a fish that doesn't know they are getting raped, but rather just switched off Antiques Roadshow and think that computers is the next big thing. Some are psychos, and don't take kindly to comments on their listings either. I can't see any other reason for it. And it clutters the searches for good listings. I usually search by useful vendor, which has had good listings in the past, and for a few items I keep canned searches for, and don't browse anymore, unless someone here points to a good auction. That is why I appreciate all your comments on what is on Ebay, as a lot of knowlegeable people here looking beats any of us looking on our owns both by catching good listings, and by not looking at a lot of crap. BTW the latest tips I jumped on was the note on Paper tape some time back, and an offlist pointer to IBM 026 (and 029 and 129) ribbons. They were really nice to find. They fit not only the keypunches, but flexowriters and other such older machines. Jim