Lisa 1 for Sale - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Dec 2004

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  Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:09:29 +0000
 From: Jules Richardson &lt;julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk&gt;
 Subject: RE: Lisa 1 for Sale
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 On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 21:21 -0500, chris wrote:
  >I'm not usually the paranoid type, but
the seller has been   a member 
  >for all of eight hours, has a baker's
dozen high-priced items with 
 >"reasonable" starting and buy bids all ending within   minutes of
each 
  other. .
.

As much as I'd like a Lisa 1, this doesn't feel right.  
 Uh, yeah, and none of his stuff has photos. You would think, if you 
 plan
 to get 4 grand for a computer that clearly condition makes   a difference 
  in the price, you would post some photos. Ditto
for some of   his other 
  items.

 My immediate thought too. Plus they write like a 5 year old. 
 Interesting how they say about the Twiggy drives being a bit 
 flakey, as though there is a real machine behind all of this 
 - it seems like an out of character comment with the rest of the post.

 I suppose it's the sort of thing I'd want to see personally 
 before bidding (if I were the type to use ebay, which I'm 
 not) and if that wasn't possible then just walk away.

 cheers

 J. 
The description appears to be copied from the Lisa 1 currently up on
Ebay with a bid of $10K -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80075&item=5…
8223&rd=1 - suggesting that it's probably fraudulent.