14 Oct
2005
14 Oct
'05
11:37 p.m.
William
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There are plenty of extremely valid 2nd chance offers. In the surplus
business, it is extremely common to buy a lot of one item, and if one of
the auctions does extremely well, only a foolish seller would not try to
take advantage of the deal. I use them all the time, and yes, they do work
enough times that I keep using them.
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I've been the buyer in two such transactions myself, I was glad to have the chance.
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I have said it before - I will say it again - pissing off a dealer is one
of the dumbest things a collector can do.
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I couldn't agree more, it's right up there with pissing off food servers, doctors
& auto mechanics!
BTW what is the name of your eBay business?
Brian Hanson
14 Oct
14 Oct
11:43 p.m.
I couldn't agree more, it's right up there
with pissing off food
servers, doctors & auto mechanics! BTW what is the name of your eBay
business?
Federal Signal and Ironworks, Inc. is the name.
Search for "toober" on Ebay.
Bid on what you see.
Thank you.
Sorry about the plug, Jay, but he asked!
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
15 Oct
15 Oct
5:56 a.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Ah, it's you that's selling that 4116 board? What do you reckon it came
out of?
Gordon.
I couldn't
agree more, it's right up there with pissing off food
servers, doctors & auto mechanics! BTW what is the name of your eBay
business?
Federal Signal and Ironworks, Inc. is the name.
Search for "toober" on Ebay.
10:58 a.m.
Ah, it's you that's selling that 4116 board?
What do you reckon it came
out of?
I do not kow, but my guess is some generic memory box, probably used with
a mainframe of sorts. Mostek made such things, as did National
Semiconductor, Intel, and most of the other big players in the 1970s.
I have one that appears to be compatible - almost identical - made by
zitel. This one is very interesting as all the chips are Intel, and even
the zitel logo is very intel-esque. I wonder if zitel was a short lived
named for Intels memory division.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
8:35 a.m.
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:37:44 -0700 (PDT)
"Brian H." <brother_cadfael at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
William
<snip>
There are plenty of extremely valid 2nd chance offers. In the surplus
business, it is extremely common to buy a lot of one item, and if one
of the auctions does extremely well, only a foolish seller would not
try to take advantage of the deal. I use them all the time, and yes,
they do work enough times that I keep using them.
<snip>
I've been the buyer in two such transactions myself, I was glad to
have the chance.
<snip>
I have said it before - I will say it again - pissing off a dealer is
one of the dumbest things a collector can do.
<snip>
I couldn't agree more, it's right up there with pissing off food
servers, doctors & auto mechanics! BTW what is the name of your eBay
business?
Except you don't have to go to a resturant to eat. You can go to
another mechanic. And you can get old computer stuff directly and/or
from another dealer.
I find the whole 'dealer' / 'collector' dichotomy disturbing. As if
there is some magical divide between the two. Maybe it's because I am
also slightly involved in another, more 'mature' hobby of coin
collecting, where the 'dealer' / 'collector' split takes a lot of the
fun out of it.
Worrying about 'pissing off a dealer' is one of the dumber things a
'collector' can do. Why even play into that mindset? Why even give
legitimacy to such self-proclaimed titles?
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