25 Feb
2000
25 Feb
'00
2:42 p.m.
" Based on my conversations with him, I don't think he's
interested in selling anything off of E-bay"
My 'favorite' line from eBay sellers is
"If you're interested in something, let me know and I'll list
it on eBay"
No, pinhead, you give me a price, and I say 'yes' or 'no' to it...
25 Feb
25 Feb
2:56 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 05:42:57PM -0800, Al Kossow (aek(a)spies.com) wrote:
" Based on my conversations with him, I don't
think he's
interested in selling anything off of E-bay"
My 'favorite' line from eBay sellers is
"If you're interested in something, let me know and I'll list
it on eBay"
No, pinhead, you give me a price, and I say 'yes' or 'no' to it...
Heh, no kidding.
I've actually been pretty lucky with writing eBay sellers and
saying "I don't do auctions, but I'll offer you $n". Especially
with local stuff, where they get out of the waiting-for-payment
and shipping hassles.
-Rich
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------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
Sysadmin/Programmer, Instructional and Information Technology Services
Concordia University, Montreal, QC (514) 848-7625
------------------------- rich(a)alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------
5:11 p.m.
Careful Al,
You never know who's on the list server. I thought I was rather cordial
in our conversation--never did the ebay subject come up and I did invite
you to stop by and check out the heavy stuff-----as an aside, I've found
ebay to be a great place to list stuff when you have no idea of its
worth and/or desirability. As an antique radio guy I didn't have a clue
what the early computer guys were after---ebay has provided a very quick
education in the field.
The invitation to stop by Roanoke and take a look remains open to anyone
in the area---lots of HP stuff and the only way I've found to NOT be a
"pinhead" about pricing is to drop it on ebay and let it rip.
Regards, Craig
Al Kossow wrote:
" Based on my conversations with him, I don't think he's
interested in selling anything off of E-bay"
My 'favorite' line from eBay sellers is
"If you're interested in something, let me know and I'll list
it on eBay"
No, pinhead, you give me a price, and I say 'yes' or 'no' to it...
10:55 p.m.
I went into a surplus store today and found a complete set of HP logic
probes, pulser, chip clip and comparator. I asked what the price was and
the onwer ran over to his computer and checked to see what they were
selling for on E-bay. Needless to say, I left without buying it.
Joe
At 05:42 PM 2/25/00 -0800, Al wrote:
" Based on my conversations with him, I don't
think he's
interested in selling anything off of E-bay"
My 'favorite' line from eBay sellers is
"If you're interested in something, let me know and I'll list
it on eBay"
No, pinhead, you give me a price, and I say 'yes' or 'no' to it...
26 Feb
26 Feb
4:46 a.m.
I went into a surplus store today and found a
complete set of HP logic
probes, pulser, chip clip and comparator. I asked what the price was and
the onwer ran over to his computer and checked to see what they were
selling for on E-bay. Needless to say, I left without buying it.
My guess is then that you didn't need it.
Last month at TRW I was looking in a box of mac junk, offered the guy $35
for it, which he considered for minute, then started digging through the
box and pulled out a card and sold it for $150 to another person who just
walked up. Sometimes you win, sometimes you get what you need, sometimes it
goes right past you.
OTOH the really curious card I bought from him turns out to be functionally
useless.
My eBay peeve are people who say FS, but really just have a eBay link.
I use eBay to set my own prices and it cuts both ways. Most items have
drastically lowered prices, with just a few critical items holding value or
going up.
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