11 Nov
2007
11 Nov
'07
10:51 p.m.
I suspect they're being purchased by dealers.
I'd like one, but
haven't been willing to shell out the $$$'s.
Dealers do not buy many things on Ebay - a general rule of thumb. It
does not make much sense for dealer to pay top dollar for stuff.
Lets see - 1) its DEC 1) its old 1) its cool. Collector demand? Nahhhh....
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Will
11 Nov
11 Nov
11:04 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Someone I met up with recently was getting annoyed because the same person was
buying the same stuff over and over again on Ebay, often for high prices -
presumably their plan is to dry the market up completely and then demand huge
sums of money for the parts that they have.
If the DECtalks are largely going to the same person, maybe a similar thing is
happening there...
Some people have disturbingly deep pockets :-(
I suspect
they're being purchased by dealers. I'd like one, but
haven't been willing to shell out the $$$'s.
Dealers do not buy many things on Ebay - a general rule of thumb. It
does not make much sense for dealer to pay top dollar for stuff.
Lets see - 1) its DEC 1) its old 1) its cool. Collector demand? Nahhhh.... 
12 Nov
12 Nov
12:47 a.m.
At 5:51 PM -0500 11/11/07, William Donzelli wrote:
Trust me, there are several dealers that regularly buy up stuff on
eBay. A couple of them are even on this list, though they typically
keep a very low profile. Their are quite a few items that make sense
for dealers to buy when they show up on eBay. Basically *any* DS10
(not DS10L) will have at least a bid on it by a dealer. Certain
Q-Bus or Unibus cards are the same way. Undesirable systems such as
XP1000's will be targeted by dealers if they have a desirable enough
card in them.
Where you'll always loose out against a dealer is if he has a
customer that needs a specific item (or multiples of that item) that
is up on eBay.
Zane
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I suspect
they're being purchased by dealers. I'd like one, but
haven't been willing to shell out the $$$'s.
Dealers do not buy many things on Ebay - a general rule of thumb. It
does not make much sense for dealer to pay top dollar for stuff.
Lets see - 1) its DEC 1) its old 1) its cool. Collector demand? Nahhhh....
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