17 Jun
2008
17 Jun
'08
10:06 p.m.
. . . . and, it has sold, for about $2000 . . .
<Thud>
(That was me passing out, from disbelief.)
T
18 Jun
18 Jun
2:52 a.m.
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 tiggerlasv at aim.com wrote:
. . . . and, it has sold, for about $2000 . . .
<Thud>
(That was me passing out, from disbelief.)
So, what's the value of the replica anyhow?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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9:45 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
David wrote:
I can't tell whether the responses along these lines are honest
misunderstandings or well hidden sarcasm.
We all know the sale price of this item. One sale does not a trend
make. Why can't someone provide either a useful answer or some useful
information?
So, what's the value of the replica anyhow?
The monetary value of something is the price that a seller and buyer
are willing to agree to. If a replica sells for $2000, then its value
to the seller and buyer must be $2000.
10:47 p.m.
Jim Brain wrote:
Eric Smith wrote:
On eBay, these type of sellers try to manipulate the "trends", the sale
price that is. I bet the seller *knows* who the buyer is and arranged
this auction to be sold. Just so that the history logs on eBay will have
this on record as a legitimate sale for future reference. This is then
further abused when uninformed people refer to this past auction as a
reference to bid on future auctions for this item.
=Dan
[ "go get 'em" ]
[ Pittsburgh --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
If a replica sells for $2000, then its value
to the seller and buyer must be $2000.
I can't tell whether the responses along these lines are honest
misunderstandings or well hidden sarcasm.
We all know the sale price of this item. One sale does not a trend
make. Why can't someone provide either a useful answer or some useful
information?
3:36 p.m.
Jim wrote:
We all know the sale price of this item. One sale
does not a trend
make. Why can't someone provide either a useful answer or some useful
information?
If only one has been sold in a public forum in recent times, what
"useful information" could there possibly be?
Are you asking us to speculate on what the price would be if there were
five units being sold this week instead of just one?
11:10 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
Jim wrote:
Information from less than public sales, information from initial sales
of the unit, anything.
Stating the obvious (If he'll buy it for that, that's the value to him)
is a non-answer, in my opinion, and a waste of good electrons. I think
it also lowers the signal/noise ratio. Of course, so does this post,
but I felt the OP deserves a real answer, or at least an acknowledgement
We all know the sale price of this item. One
sale does not a trend
make. Why can't someone provide either a useful answer or some useful
information?
If only one has been sold in a public forum in recent times, what
"useful information" could there possibly be?
from the group that we have no idea. A later post
notes:
"I believe I paid $299 for the "basic parts kit" when I got mine off
ebay from obtronix. A few afterwards went for about double that, and up
to $1000 for a fully tested and assembled kit. Very well done, any
ideas what happened to "obtronix" and why no more? "
This is good information.
Are you asking us to speculate on what the price would
be if there were
five units being sold this week instead of just one?
I'm not the original poster, but I'm sure he's looking for more than
an
obvious answer. He already knows the sale price.
If I were him, I'd want to know:
o Does this sound plausible, given your experience in other replica markets?
o Have you spoken with some collectors recently that quoted a price
they'd be willing to pay for a replica of this type?
o Is there a general "rule-of-thumb" around replica pricing (If the real
thing sells for X, the replica is worth X/100)?
o Are you aware of private sales recently around this area that had
prices associated?
Jim
20 Jun
20 Jun
3:03 p.m.
"I believe I paid $299 for the "basic parts
kit" when I got mine off
ebay from obtronix. A few afterwards went for about double that, and up
to $1000 for a fully tested and assembled kit. Very well done, any
ideas what happened to "obtronix" and why no more? "
This is good information.
Actually it's not, at least in regard to the original question, which
is what the clone is worth today. What they sold for when they were
available new has essentially no bearing on that question, since they
haven't been available new for some time.
3:57 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
Actually it's not, at least in regard to the
original question, which
is what the clone is worth today. What they sold for when they were
available new has essentially no bearing on that question, since they
haven't been available new for some time.
We'll agree to disagree then. I feel it gives the OP a good baseline
and order of magnitude number to work with. I find replica values track
much more closely to original pricing.
4:07 p.m.
"I
believe I paid $299 for the "basic parts kit" when I got mine off
ebay from obtronix. A few afterwards went for about double that, and up
to $1000 for a fully tested and assembled kit. Very well done, any
ideas what happened to "obtronix" and why no more? "
This is good information.
Actually it's not, at least in regard to the original question, which
is what the clone is worth today. What they sold for when they were
available new has essentially no bearing on that question, since they
haven't been available new for some time. 
18 Jun
18 Jun
10 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
David wrote:
Unless you use Replicated $$$$'s, then more is needed. :)
So, what's the value of the replica anyhow?
The monetary value of something is the price that a seller and buyer
are willing to agree to. If a replica sells for $2000, then its value
to the seller and buyer must be $2000.
10:31 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Eric Smith wrote:
David wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how much the replica board sold for when it was
made.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
So, what's the value of the replica anyhow?
The monetary value of something is the price that a seller and buyer
are willing to agree to. If a replica sells for $2000, then its value
to the seller and buyer must be $2000. 
19 Jun
19 Jun
3:50 p.m.
I believe I paid $299 for the "basic parts kit" when I got mine off ebay
from obtronix. A few afterwards went for about double
that, and up to
$1000 for a fully tested and assembled kit. Very well done, any
ideas
what happened to "obtronix" and why no more?
Mike
<Reminder to self: still need to get mine running>
David Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Eric Smith wrote:
David wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how much the replica board sold for when it was
made.
So, what's the value of the replica anyhow?
The monetary value of something is the price that a seller and buyer
are willing to agree to. If a replica sells for $2000, then its value
to the seller and buyer must be $2000.
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