15 Dec
2020
15 Dec
'20
8 a.m.
Were you the winner of the eBay auction? It went for a very reasonable price. It was very
difficult for me to not bid on it - those are great boards for use with early S100 systems
:)
Mike
15 Dec
15 Dec
11:27 a.m.
Were you the winner of the eBay auction? It went for a
very reasonable
price. It was very difficult for me to not bid on it - those are great
boards for use with early S100 systems :)
Mike
Hello! I actually did not bid on it. Someone else from the community sold
me one. The irony is for the exact same price that the eBay one sold for,
which was a price we agreed on before the ending of the eBay auction.
In my case I have an IMSAI with a Northstar controller and a deramp SIO
board, so I need the hole in RAM. I had a RAM board with the phantom
signal stuff I think but it didn't seem to work.
I just want to be able to run Northstar DOS and CP/M. Most likely when
events start up again it will go to an event or two (Carefully) where the
public can play on it. I will probably put a terminal out but keep the
machine behind glass (so to speak) due to the switches being
rare/expensive/fragile/whatever.
I also use that board that emulates hard sectored disks and it works well.
- Ethan
11:28 a.m.
Yes, I was going to bid that one too, until I read he needed it.
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Subject: Re: WTB: CompuPro / Godbout RAM 17
Were you the winner of the eBay auction? It went for a very reasonable price
It was very difficult for me to not bid on it - those are great boards for
use with early S100 systems :)
Mike
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11:53 a.m.
Yes, I was going to bid that one too, until I read he
needed it.
There was 18 watchers when it was first posted to the list. I figured
competition was going to be tough! I was really surprised there was that
much of an audience for it.
Maybe it's a jerk thing, but in my mind with eBay auctions usually I never
bid except the last bid.... I mean you can bid first to "mark your
territory" but you are really just hurting yourself to bid anytime except
last.
- Ethan
12:10 p.m.
On 12/15/20 11:53 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
you can bid first to "mark
your territory"
that is pointless the way things work today since you can't see who the bidder is
it used to be that a seller couldn't cancel an auction if there was a bid, and that
kept people from selling things out from under you but they 'fixed' that
the other thing is people figuring out your high bid by running it up, then canceling
their bids. at least now they've changed it so everyone can see what the last cancel
price was instead of just the jerk who ran it up
12:31 p.m.
On 12/15/20 3:10 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 12/15/20 11:53 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
wrote:
Other than "Buy It Now" I have pretty much given up on
ebay. Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
had any luck winning a bid. Got better ways to waste
my time.
bill
you can bid first to "mark
your territory"
that is pointless the way things work today since you can't see who the
bidder is
it used to be that a seller couldn't cancel an auction if there was a
bid, and that
kept people from selling things out from under you but they 'fixed' that
the other thing is people figuring out your high bid by running it up,
then canceling
their bids. at least now they've changed it so everyone can see what the
last cancel
price was instead of just the jerk who ran it up
12:48 p.m.
Other than "Buy It Now" I have pretty much
given up on
ebay. Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
had any luck winning a bid. Got better ways to waste
my time.
bill
eBay/paypal take a huge cut, you do all the work hiking stuff and guessing
shipping costs.
But it's got a market that Craigslist / Facebook Marketplace doesn't.
I think Facebook Marketplace is going to hurt eBay. Finally a competitor.
- Ethan
12:51 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:48 PM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Ebay is more for professional sellers, Facebook is at the moment for
individuals, like Ebay used to be. Ebay found the old way unprofitable and
favors the professional seller. That's what I have found.
Bill
Other than
"Buy It Now" I have pretty much given up on
ebay. Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
had any luck winning a bid. Got better ways to waste
my time.
bill
eBay/paypal take a huge cut, you do all the work hiking stuff and guessing
shipping costs.
But it's got a market that Craigslist / Facebook Marketplace doesn't.
I think Facebook Marketplace is going to hurt eBay. Finally a competitor.
- Ethan
1:36 p.m.
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Sent: 15 December 2020 20:48
To: Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com>; General Discussion:
On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: WTB: CompuPro / Godbout RAM 17
Having just sold an old server on Facebook Market place I suppose it must
work.
I also bought several travel cribs (cots we call them in the UK) but all
face to face.
However, I know also know that there are many dodgy sellers of dodgy goods
and there is no arbitration service.
So as a buyer, if stuff arrives damaged its your problem
So often I hear of people paying via PayPal friends and families gifting
service and losing the lot.
There are plenty of alternatives to Ebay. As well as craigs list in the UK
we have Etsy, preloved.co.uk , shpock.
Perhaps one will replace E-Bay but at the moment for many things E-Bay is my
first port of call.
Dave
Other than "Buy It Now" I have pretty
much given up on ebay. Never
had luck selling anything and very seldom had any luck winning a bid.
Got better ways to waste my time.
bill
eBay/paypal take a huge cut, you do all the work hiking stuff and guessing
shipping costs.
But it's got a market that Craigslist / Facebook Marketplace doesn't.
I think Facebook Marketplace is going to hurt eBay. Finally a competitor.
- Ethan
3:40 p.m.
On 12/15/20 3:48 PM, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
I haven't had any better luck with them. I sold one item on
Facebook Marketplace out of about a dozen things listed. I've
done better just setting them in the front yard with a for sale
sign on them.
When I was down at Ft. Gordon for a summer we bought a brand
new set of golf clubs for my wife for $400 so she could play
when when came down to visit me. She used them twice. I
listed them on both places as well as LetItGo. I got one
offer. $10.
bill
Other than
"Buy It Now" I have pretty much given up on
ebay.? Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
had any luck winning a bid.? Got better ways to waste
my time.
bill
eBay/paypal take a huge cut, you do all the work hiking stuff and
guessing shipping costs.
But it's got a market that Craigslist / Facebook Marketplace doesn't.
I think Facebook Marketplace is going to hurt eBay. Finally a competitor.
4:40 p.m.
On 12/15/2020 3:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
When I was down at Ft. Gordon for a summer we bought a
brand
new set of golf clubs for my wife for $400 so she could play
when when came down to visit me.
Seems like the golf clubs would be the hard to sell outside the pro golf
channel for full price.? They usually are matched to the buyer by
someone at a pro shop, and then customized.? If you didn't do that, the
buyers' would think you did, and expect to have to do something.
My main complaint with FB is the same as it is for all of their
material.? Randomly organized, impossible to find the same thing twice,
just complete hash.? Ebay at least will locate thru the entire site (for
your domain) "godbout econoram" the same time, every time.
Good luck with any such search, not to mention "electronics" gets me
hair driers (by FB's classification) when I look at things by type.
Thanks
Jim
5:05 p.m.
On 12/15/20 7:40 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 12/15/2020 3:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Didn't ask full price, Asked for $150 and then lowered it to $100.
25% of the retail price.
When I was down at Ft. Gordon for a summer we
bought a brand
new set of golf clubs for my wife for $400 so she could play
when when came down to visit me.
Seems like the golf clubs would be the hard to sell outside the pro golf
channel for full price. They usually are matched to
the buyer by
someone at a pro shop, and then customized.? If you didn't do that, the
buyers' would think you did, and expect to have to do something.
Dick's sells these things every day. Very few recreational golfers
have custom clubs. And they make up probably 98% of the golfers.
That summer I played golf 6 to seven days a week. I have never had
even one custom club.
bill
5:14 p.m.
I could never get my head around Golf... except when the drinks cart
came.. then it was fun. :-p
On Wed, 16 Dec. 2020, 12:05 pm Bill Gunshannon via cctalk, <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 12/15/20 7:40 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 12/15/2020 3:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Didn't ask full price, Asked for $150 and then lowered it to $100.
25% of the retail price.
When I was down at Ft. Gordon for a summer we
bought a brand
new set of golf clubs for my wife for $400 so she could play
when when came down to visit me.
Seems like the golf clubs would be the hard to sell outside the pro golf
channel for full price. They usually are matched
to the buyer by
someone at a pro shop, and then customized. If you didn't do that, the
buyers' would think you did, and expect to have to do something.
Dick's sells these things every day. Very few recreational golfers
have custom clubs. And they make up probably 98% of the golfers.
That summer I played golf 6 to seven days a week. I have never had
even one custom club.
bill
7:55 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
I could never get my head around Golf... except when
the drinks cart
came.. then it was fun. :-p
Golf will only become a worthwhile sport when they combine it with Skeet.
Until then it's just Pasture Pool. :)
g.
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4:26 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 21:31, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
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Other than "Buy It Now" I have pretty much given up on
ebay. Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
had any luck winning a bid. Got better ways to waste
my time.
If you _really_ want something that is _not_ BIN, the key is to use a
sniping tool. I only use them very sparingly as I think it's a bit
unethical, but sadly, I think a lot of people use them.
I personally use a Polish one:
https://snip.pl/
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