5 Sep
2016
5 Sep
'16
8:31 p.m.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/191960867958
Apparently the buyer backed out, and the entire lot is now available as ONE
lot. There is no reserve.
Cindy Croxton
5 Sep
5 Sep
8:56 p.m.
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether to ban the constant
billboarding of ebay ads here,
I'm for "ban." People who know how to use ebay do not need help
finding things on ebay.
On 9/5/2016 10:31 PM, Electronics Plus wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/191960867958
Apparently the buyer backed out, and the entire lot is now available as ONE
lot. There is no reserve.
Cindy Croxton
9:22 p.m.
Yes, we do. I had not found this ad and it is in Kansas City, where I
have a warehouse.
Cindy, I didn't see the 8" floppies though. I also thought this was in
Colorado, but see it listed as KC now, though that may only be another
auction. This unfortunately isn't up my alley for collecting.
thanks
jim
On 9/5/2016 8:56 PM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether to ban the constant
billboarding of ebay ads here,
I'm for "ban." People who know how to use ebay do not need help
finding things on ebay.
6 Sep
6 Sep
10:45 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim
stephens
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 11:23 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: The huge lot that had the NIB 8" floppies is now on ebay
Yes, we do. I had not found this ad and it is in Kansas City, where I have
a warehouse.
Cindy, I didn't see the 8" floppies though. I also thought this was in
Colorado, but see it listed as KC now, though that may only be another
auction. This unfortunately isn't up my alley for collecting.
thanks
jim
The spreadsheet is available at the bottom of the listing. The floppies
should be there. Please note there should also be several tabs to the
spreadsheet.
Cindy
11:02 a.m.
<snip>
Cindy, I didn't see the 8" floppies though. I also thought this was in
Colorado, but see it listed as KC now, though that may only be another
auction. This unfortunately isn't up my alley for collecting.
thanks
jim
<snip>
I mentioned this on a different thread, but I am surprised someone with
this number of Apple/Macs and who has these items near Kansas Fest might
not want to sell them there. Being that it was in July, I guess they
can't wait a year. Seems odd.
http://www.kansasfest.org/about/
b
5 Sep
5 Sep
9:49 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 10:56:24PM -0500, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether to ban
the constant billboarding
of ebay ads here, I'm for "ban."
I would subscribe to a spin-off list that was merely for buy/sell/trade.
mcl
11:38 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 11:49:40PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 10:56:24PM -0500, js at
cimmeri.com wrote:
Nooo, no more lists! the cctech/talk split is confusing enough.
Anyway, the ebay to signal ratio is really quite low.
/P
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether
to ban the constant billboarding
of ebay ads here, I'm for "ban."
I would subscribe to a spin-off list that was merely for buy/sell/trade.
mcl
6 Sep
6 Sep
8:06 a.m.
On 9/5/2016 11:49 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 10:56:24PM -0500, js at
cimmeri.com wrote:
That would be my preference as well. A "ccebay at classiccmp.org" list.
Or at least in an indication in the subject line "ebay: [topic]" so they
can get filtered out.
- J.
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether
to ban the constant billboarding
of ebay ads here, I'm for "ban."
I would subscribe to a spin-off
list that was merely for buy/sell/trade.
mcl
10:01 a.m.
On 9/6/2016 8:06 AM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
<snip>
That would be my preference as well. A "ccebay at classiccmp.org" list.
Or at least in an indication in the subject line "ebay: [topic]" so
they can get filtered out.
- J.
I will attempt to do that.
Also you can trim off everything in any link that you post. The only
thing you need to post
in any link is the ebay domain url, itm and the number. If you have not
done so, the following
auction link shows what came from my browser for the huge pile in KC
link. I trimmed off
the <drek> after the ? after the auction number. I usually copy the
description to the line
above and clip it out of the url. Apparently ebay ignores it.
The number is sufficient though as said, but i like to post a small url
rather than that in
case someone reads on a browser type setup where copying the number
takes a number
of steps.
this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/<description>/191960867958<drek>
becomes:
HUGE-LOT-OF-VINTAGE-COMPUTERS-MONITORS-AND-PARTS/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191960867958
thanks will try to filter the noise for those who prefer not to see sales.
I acquire a lot from ebay and this list and appreciate all the extra
eyes on the
sales that are shared here, but also appreciate those who want to just
discuss
the collections, etc.
thanks
jim
3:41 a.m.
On 6 September 2016 at 05:56, js at cimmeri.com <js at cimmeri.com> wrote:
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether to ban
the constant billboarding
of ebay ads here,
I'm for "ban." People who know how to use ebay do not need help finding
things on ebay.
I wonder if these legendary "people who know how to use eBay" know how
to bottom-quote? Since you apparently know some such gurus, perhaps
you could ask them to teach you?
No, you're wrong. Firstly, as usual for the USA, you assume the entire
world is American. Hint: it's not. People in other countries may not
be readily able to search eBay US. Or they may not have saved
searches, or they may not cover what's posted, or they didn't know
something existed or was available, or a thousand other reasons.
If you don't like them, ignore the threads.
Some of us find them useful or interesting.
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4:20 a.m.
On 06/09/2016 11:41, Liam Proven wrote:
On 6 September 2016 at 05:56, js at cimmeri.com <js
at cimmeri.com> wrote:
Agreed. I find such occasional posts interesting.
--
Pete
Pete Turnbull
If there's ever a vote taken up for whether
to ban the constant billboarding
of ebay ads here,
I'm for "ban." People who know how to use ebay do not need help finding
things on ebay.
No, you're wrong. Firstly, as usual for the USA, you assume the entire
world is American. Hint: it's not. People in other countries may not
be readily able to search eBay US. Or they may not have saved
searches, or they may not cover what's posted, or they didn't know
something existed or was available, or a thousand other reasons. 
4:31 a.m.
No, you're wrong. Firstly, as usual for the USA,
you assume the entire world
is American. Hint: it's not. People in other countries may not be readily able
to search eBay US. Or they may not have saved searches, or they may not
cover what's posted, or they didn't know something existed or was available,
or a thousand other reasons.
If you don't like them, ignore the threads.
Some of us find them useful or interesting.
I agree. The volume of these eBay emails is not high. It would be another matter if there
were really a lot of these emails, but as it is I find them useful/interesting.
Regards
Rob
7:51 a.m.
On 09/06/2016 04:31 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
Same here. I don't troll ebay regularly and only have a couple very
specific saved searches. Some pretty interested stuff comes up on ebay
occasionally which I might not have seen otherswise.
That said, when folks just dump an ebay item number rather than a full
link, those posts should die in a fire ;)
--Jason
Some of us find them useful or interesting.
I agree. The volume of these eBay emails is not high. It would be another matter if there
were really a lot of these emails, but as it is I find them useful/interesting.
Regards
Rob
9:04 a.m.
On 9/6/2016 9:51 AM, Jason Howe wrote:
On 09/06/2016 04:31 AM, Rob Jarratt
wrote:
Same here. I don't troll ebay
regularly and only have a couple very
specific saved searches. Some pretty
interested stuff comes up on ebay
occasionally which I might not have
seen otherswise.
Just curious -- this stuff that's come
up, that you might not have seen
otherwise, how often was it anything
really needed? How often have you
bought any of it?
I too admit to having found some of
these ebay postings to be interesting.
But in the end, they were just
distractions from what was more
important to me: the scores of
electronics projects I've already got
... purchased almost entirely from...
you got it -- eBay. All of which
were found without the assistance of
extra postings outside of ebay.
I suppose I'm making a larger point,
that if you didn't try to find it
yourself, maybe you didn't really need
it to begin with. Maybe it's better for
your wallet that you never saw it to
begin with. Countless interesting
things happen every day that we simply
can't become aware of. It's not
necessary see or purchase every single
interesting thing, nor possible to
become aware of every single interesting
thing or event in a day.
Over-distraction and over-consumption is
definitely a growing bane of the current
world.
So that's all I'm saying: re-advertising
here what is already advertised and
readily found on ebay itself (if you are
realistic and understand that you might
not be able to find every single
instance of something that interests you
nor is it necessary that you do so) is
distracting.
On the other hand, if someone had some
magical powers of discovery on ebay, and
posted things that nobody else could
possibly find, that'd be cool.
- J.
Some of us find them useful or
interesting.
I agree. The volume of these eBay
emails is not high. It would be
another matter if there were really a
lot of these emails, but as it is I
find them useful/interesting. 
9:04 a.m.
Just curious -- this stuff that's come
up, that you might not have seen
otherwise, how often was it anything
really needed?
That's why it's a hobby. :)
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9:18 a.m.
On Sep 6, 2016, at 12:04 PM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
On 9/6/2016 9:51 AM, Jason Howe wrote:
That's not quite the correct question. The correct question is "how often did
you appreciate the opportunity to see the item and were not aware of it until the post
showed up?" My answer is: at least a dozen times.
paul
On 09/06/2016 04:31 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
Same here. I don't troll ebay regularly and only have a couple very specific saved
searches. Some pretty interested stuff comes up on ebay occasionally which I might not
have seen otherswise.
Just curious -- this stuff that's come up, that you might not have seen otherwise,
how often was it anything really needed? How often have you bought any of it? Some of us find them useful or interesting.
I agree. The volume of these eBay emails is not high. It would be another matter if there
were really a lot of these emails, but as it is I find them useful/interesting.
10:04 a.m.
On 9/6/2016 9:04 AM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
So that's all I'm saying: re-advertising here
what is already
advertised and readily found on ebay itself
Frequently it is not easily found on
ebay. Mislisted descriptions and
titles are common.
i have a lot of watch list items now, but I find I have to troll
prolific sellers to get all the goodies, and also
find that this list opens up a lot of new ways and sellers as well.
thanks
Jim
10:16 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Just curious -- this stuff that's come up, that
you might not have seen
otherwise, how often was it anything really needed?
rarely
How often have you bought any of it?
rarely
Interesting, and worth looking at?
OFTEN!
I suppose I'm making a larger point, that if you
didn't try to find it
yourself, maybe you didn't really need it to begin with. Maybe it's
better for your wallet that you never saw it to begin with.
Maybe better for wallet to not be HERE at all!
Over-distraction and over-consumption is definitely a
growing bane of
the current world.
and yet, we are here discussing stuff that we do NOT need.
On the other hand, if someone had some magical powers
of discovery on
ebay, and posted things that nobody else could possibly find, that'd be
cool.
Often there are mentions of interesting stuff that I would not have
thought to seek out, otherwise.
A tag for ease of filtering might help.
--
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