7 Jul
2020
7 Jul
'20
10:54 a.m.
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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Liam Proven via
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Sent: 07 July 2020 17:52
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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Subject: Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 18:14, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
There are several types of EBay seller of vintage equipment. For things like these COMPAQ
sleds there are people who are hoping a big business needs one for something critical that
can't easily be upgraded.
These people put premium prices on the kit and then don't seem to care if they sell
them. So you see server bits like these drive sleds at what we think are silly prices.
But if some one needs one they may buy because its cheaper that any other fix......
.. Then there are the folks who sell off-platform, put it on E-Bay at a silly price, then
sell it on their own site advertising 50% off the E-bay price....
.. Those who put something on at a silly price because some one else has it on at a silly
price and they think its worth that, and they don't sell....
.. But my favourites are those who list something a ?1.00 hoping it will reach a decent
value. If its popular it will....
Its not E-Bay that?s expensive, its sellers that are greedy...
Flebay is quite overpriced, sadly ( personal opinion anyway, from the
point of view of someone that's now looking at finding a thing since
months and is fixated about a real price vs an enflated one
I often hear comments like this, but I don't
really understand them.
People pay what they are willing to pay. It is not like Amazon where bots
watch other bots and raise the prices of rare books in a spiral anti-bidding-
war.
Sure, they are places where, as a buyer, you may find bargains -- but as a
seller, what is the appeal of selling somewhere that will make you less
money?
eBay is easy, it works worldwide (or as nearly as anyone does), the seller
fees are low, and it has a large catchment audience. I have sold a lot of stuff
there, and bought some too. It does the job.
I often see people on here saying go to some obscure website or other
instead, but most of those are US-based. I am not in the USA and don't want
to be.
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