18 Apr
2011
18 Apr
'11
11:47 a.m.
ebay item # 190523729625
This seller routinely lists vintage items at very high prices. (SWTPC
6809 for $2,989.99; Apple IIe $99.99; IBM external 3.5" floppy $99.99
as examples.)
Now apparently he's getting out of the business. I doubt anyone is
going to pay $200K for his inventory. I seriously doubt his claim
that his inventory has a value of $700K.
He does have quite a number of interesting systems still in stock. I
believe this is because he asks too much money for them. I also
suspect that he buys things from other ebay sellers and then marks
them up, which is why his prices are higher than the average ebay
market price for the same item. I have literally seen an item sell on
ebay and then the exact same item listed on his store within a few
days for a significant markup.
Since he is "retiring", someone in NY might be able to show up and get
a bargain.
Because I am not close and had a bad experience with him before, I
won't be approaching him, but maybe you'll have better luck.
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18 Apr
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11:49 a.m.
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Richard wrote:
Now apparently he's getting out of the business.
I doubt anyone is
going to pay $200K for his inventory. I seriously doubt his claim
that his inventory has a value of $700K.
There's a sucker out there just for him I suspect.
Now all I have to do is wait for wiredforservice to stop hawking HIS
overpriced crap. :)
g.
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1:07 p.m.
he will be missed, I always love to put up similar stuff to his with references
to?his auctions in my auction text
----- Original Message ----
From: Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 11:49:24 AM
Subject: Re: ebay: it can be yours for *only* $200,000
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Richard wrote:
Now apparently he's getting out of the business.?
I doubt anyone is
going to pay $200K for his inventory.? I seriously doubt his claim
that his inventory has a value of $700K.
There's a sucker out there just for him I suspect.
Now all I have to do is wait for wiredforservice to stop hawking HIS overpriced
crap. :)
g.
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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project
ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.
9:23 p.m.
In article <364549.15391.qm at web111313.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>,
steve <gkicomputers at yahoo.com> writes:
he will be missed, I always love to put up similar
stuff to his with referenc
es
to his auctions in my auction text
You mean the vintagecomputermuseum seller or wiredforservice that Gene
mentioned?
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9:25 p.m.
In article <4DAC71BE.50204 at bitsavers.org>,
Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> writes:
On 4/18/11 8:47 AM, Richard wrote:
There are a number of sellers that always have high prices and if they
have "or best offer", they never accept my offers. I just refine my
searches over time to exclude these sellers. It works great. This
guy (vintagecomputermuseum) has used several different ids over the
past few years, so I had to adjust my searches when he changed ids.
Another one I routinely ignore is the seller it_equipment_xpress.
There's lots of stuff I'd be interested in buying from the guy (he has
a Data General Dasher CRT terminal, it would be a nice companion to my
printing terminal) if his prices were reasonable and we could come to
an understanding about how to pack and ship terminals. However, for
the same money I could buy more relevant items from other ebay sellers
or via personal networking.
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Now apparently he's getting out of the
business.
Good riddance!
I'm sick of his monthly flooding of eBay listings. 
9:43 p.m.
On 4/18/11 9:25 PM, Richard wrote:
Another one I routinely ignore is the seller
it_equipment_xpress.
I HATE THOSE GUYS.
They find the ability to put all sorts of unrelated pictures in their
auctions, including some suitly sports-worship crap, but never any pics
of the actual item! And don't even get me started on their prices.
Unbelievable.
-Dave
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2:38 p.m.
Now apparently he's getting out of the business.
I doubt anyone is
going to pay $200K for his inventory. I seriously doubt his claim that
his inventory has a value of $700K.
One of many sellers seem to fail to grasp the distinction between value
and asking price. But "he has customers, you know!"
Advice to the buyer -- arrange your own packing and shipping.
De
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