$2000 Black Apple (?) - scam ? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Mar 2005

On Mar 20 2005, 16:39, Dave Dunfield wrote:
...
  Couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a guy who said
he had seen my site,
...
  and has an "Black Apple" (Bell and Howell
edition of Apple II for schools)
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  I responded by asking him for a price - he said $150

...
  He's left me on his mailing list, and since than
has reported that he had
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  an offer for $500, then $1000, and this morning he
says he has an offer for
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  $2000. I corresponded with him again and he says:
 >ok right now got offer for 2000 from people in uk.  have 2 different  people
...
  >in uk that want it for good money. 
There's one on eBay right now, in good condition, with working drives,
at $355 Canadian with 19 hours to go.  I've seen them go a little
higher.  I can't imagine why anyone would pay very much more than that,
and I suspect he's not had any offer near $2000.  If he had, and you'd
already told him you weren't interested at $150, why would he bother to
contact you again?  Anyway, don't forget you'd pay VAT and possibly
import duty if you bought one from the States.
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Pete                                            Peter Turnbull
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                                                University of York