11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
4:21 a.m.
Unfortunately, I've noticed this happens more than you would think, although
your example is extreme. Someone finds a complete setup--floppies/hard
drives, manuals, power supply, software, etc--and sells them piecemeal on
eBay. I can see selling an accessory like a printer separately, but breaking
up the items needed to use a system should be discouraged. I don't buy
systems on eBay (too cheap to pay postage), but if I did, I would bid only
on complete setups.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
Editorial Services
603-893-2379
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brutman" <mbbrutman(a)bresnanlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:11 AM
Subject: Ebay horror ...
I'm so mad. I'm watching on Ebay now as a
greedy seller takes
apart a PCjr, and parts out the individual pieces for obscene
amounts of money compared the the cost of an intact system
unit.
We're talking almost a complete disassembly - he has even
removed the IR receiver for the keyboard from the motherboard,
and is selling that bundled with a keyboard. That part has
no use without the motherboard.
The power card, floppy drive card, parallel printer sidecar,
and the "RARE" 64Kb memory card are also being listed
separately.
I polite email to the seller suggesting that the machine is more
valuable as a unit basically came back as "I sold one part,
the rest is all gravy, I know what I'm doing so mind your own
business."
So distasteful .... I wish there was a way to blacklist people
like this.
Mike