21 Mar
2002
21 Mar
'02
5:09 a.m.
I saw this on eBay and thought people here might be interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
I am not associated in any way with the seller, I found this
looking for tape drives(!).
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
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21 Mar
21 Mar
5:44 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
I saw this on eBay and thought people here might be
interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
Ooowwww....
That's the ultimate laptop. Unfortunately, this one will likely get
well into 4 figures.
Doc
6:03 a.m.
I saw this on
eBay and thought people here might be interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
Ooowwww....
That's the ultimate laptop. Unfortunately, this one will likely get
well into 4 figures. 
6:10 a.m.
Yeah, that'd look nice next to my IBM Personal Computer PowerSeries 850...
but I'm afarid I just spent all the money I'd have for a new box for a
while on something more 'useful'.
-- Pat
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Doc wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
I saw this on eBay and thought people here might
be interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
Ooowwww....
That's the ultimate laptop. Unfortunately, this one will likely get
well into 4 figures.
Doc
3:48 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <doc(a)mdrconsult.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: IBM PPC Laptop on eBay
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
It must not be that great a deal, as it hasn't sold yet via buy it now. I
took several long looks at it, and even went so far as to look at the
sellers me page. First off, it's got one of those G_D damned
cursor-chasers. That's one big turn off right there. Then, after the page
loaded (faster than the auction itself) I read some of his other
restrictions. No pickup, no questions, ships whenever he gets around to it,
I couldn't see one reason why I would want to do business with this schmuck.
It's too bad, I would have liked to bid on it, but anyone who won't allow a
local pickup (even if I can't take advantage of it) I absolutely won't do
business with. <insert rant here> Stupid sellers.
On a less OT note, hmmm, well, I can't think of anything ATM.
I saw this on eBay and thought people here might
be interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
Ooowwww....
That's the ultimate laptop. Unfortunately, this one will likely get
well into 4 figures.
Doc
Bob
4:23 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Robert Schaefer wrote:
It must not be that great a deal, as it hasn't
sold yet via buy it now. I
took several long looks at it, and even went so far as to look at the
sellers me page. First off, it's got one of those G_D damned
cursor-chasers. That's one big turn off right there. Then, after the page
loaded (faster than the auction itself) I read some of his other
restrictions. No pickup, no questions, ships whenever he gets around to it,
I couldn't see one reason why I would want to do business with this schmuck.
It's too bad, I would have liked to bid on it, but anyone who won't allow a
local pickup (even if I can't take advantage of it) I absolutely won't do
business with. <insert rant here> Stupid sellers.
That's exactly what I came up with. The last couple of 860s that
crossed ebay weren't nearly as well-set-up and went for $750+. This guy
not only has no clue what he's selling, but comes off like a serious
jerk. I'd still snatch it if I had 5 bills.
Doc
P.S.-- If you want IBM's official internal name for that mouse, you'll
have to ask off-list.
22 Mar
22 Mar
7:45 a.m.
Doc wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Robert Schaefer wrote:
Looks like this guy may have several of these. I bid on his previous
860 just 2 weeks ago, it sold for $444.
-nick
It must not be that great a deal, as it
hasn't sold yet via buy it now. I
took several long looks at it, and even went so far as to look at the
sellers me page. First off, it's got one of those G_D damned
cursor-chasers. That's one big turn off right there. Then, after the page
loaded (faster than the auction itself) I read some of his other
restrictions. No pickup, no questions, ships whenever he gets around to it,
I couldn't see one reason why I would want to do business with this schmuck.
It's too bad, I would have liked to bid on it, but anyone who won't allow a
local pickup (even if I can't take advantage of it) I absolutely won't do
business with. <insert rant here> Stupid sellers.
That's exactly what I came up with. The last couple of 860s that
crossed ebay weren't nearly as well-set-up and went for $750+. This guy
not only has no clue what he's selling, but comes off like a serious
jerk. I'd still snatch it if I had 5 bills.
Doc
P.S.-- If you want IBM's official internal name for that mouse, you'll
have to ask off-list. 
21 Mar
21 Mar
8:35 p.m.
No pickup, no questions, ships whenever he gets around
to it,
I couldn't see one reason why I would want to do business with this schmuck.
It's too bad, I would have liked to bid on it, but anyone who won't allow a
local pickup (even if I can't take advantage of it) I absolutely won't do
business with. <insert rant here> Stupid sellers.
I can certainly see why someone would prefer not to have complete strangers come to their
house to pick up items. Unless I was
selling a really large item where the postage would exceed, let's say $50.00, I see no
compelling reason to allow people I don't
know to come to my house. I have two small daughters at home (3 and 7), and live in a
somewhat isolated area, so why should I do
anything that even marginally jeopardizes their safety? Sure, I may be paranoid, but a
schmuck? Get serious.
8:49 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
I can certainly see why someone would prefer not to
have complete strangers come to their house to pick up items. Unless I was
selling a really large item where the postage would exceed, let's say $50.00, I see
no compelling reason to allow people I don't
know to come to my house. I have two small daughters at home (3 and 7), and live in a
somewhat isolated area, so why should I do
anything that even marginally jeopardizes their safety? Sure, I may be paranoid, but a
schmuck? Get serious.
It's not that hard to arrange a meeting in a neutral place. If the
seller is an individual, he/she is probably going to have to deliver the
item somewhere (carrier's counter), anyway. If a business, they
generally have a storefront or warehouse location that would be safe for
pickups.
Doc
10:28 p.m.
> I can certainly see why someone would prefer not
to have complete strangers come to their house to pick up items. Unless I was
> selling a really large item where the postage would exceed, let's say $50.00, I
see no compelling reason to allow people I don't
> know to come to my house. I have two small daughters at home (3 and 7), and live in
a somewhat isolated area, so why should I
do
anything that
even marginally jeopardizes their safety? Sure, I may be paranoid, but a schmuck? Get
serious.
It's not that hard to arrange a meeting in a neutral place. If the
seller is an individual, he/she is probably going to have to deliver the
item somewhere (carrier's counter), anyway. If a business, they
generally have a storefront or warehouse location that would be safe for
pickups.
Doc
22 Mar
22 Mar
1:14 a.m.
New subject: [OT name calling]Re: IBM PPC Laptop on eBay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 02:35 AM
Subject: Re: IBM PPC Laptop on eBay
strangers come to
their house to pick up items. Unless I was
> No pickup, no questions, ships whenever he gets
around to it,
> I couldn't see one reason why I would want to do business with this
schmuck.
> It's too bad, I would have liked to bid on
it, but anyone who won't
allow a
> local pickup (even if I can't take advantage
of it) I absolutely won't
do
business with.
<insert rant here> Stupid sellers.
I can certainly see why someone would prefer not to have complete selling a really large item where the postage would
exceed, let's say
$50.00, I see no compelling reason to allow people I
don't
know to come to my house. I have two small daughters
at home (3 and 7),
and live in a somewhat isolated area, so why should I do
anything that even marginally jeopardizes their
safety? Sure, I may be
paranoid, but a schmuck? Get serious.
If it was just $50, I wouldn't care either. But 5 bills is enough that I
want to be reasonably sure that I'll get what the auction claims. After a
few seconds of browsing his me page, it appears that the only interaction I
can have with the seller is to a) bid or b) not bid. If it was _only_
no-pickup, well, that's only one minus, but I can't even call him to see if
I can arrange to see it somewhere else or to ask him if it boots. The only
plus for this auction was the item itself. I maintain schmuck.
FWIW, I have two daughters too-- one 16 months and one five months.
Bob
6 a.m.
Eric,
Isn't it amazing what you find when your looking for something else :-)
Eric Dittman wrote:
I saw this on eBay and thought people here might be interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
I am not associated in any way with the seller, I found this
looking for tape drives(!).
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
--
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
6:53 a.m.
Isn't it amazing what you find when your looking
for something else :-)
I've found some things by accident that turned out to be
great deals as nobody else found them. :-)
> I saw this on eBay and thought people here might
be interested:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011374761
>
> I am not associated in any way with the seller, I found this
> looking for tape drives(!).
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
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