10 Oct
2000
10 Oct
'00
6:25 a.m.
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Francois
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cherry <ncherry(a)home.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Moving a Microvax II
them
Will Jennings wrote:
>
> Haha, ah yes... gotta love Virgil Rice.. I bought something from him once
> and even though I picked it up from his house, he still wanted me to pay
> like 30 bucks shipping.. He has lots of cool stuff that I'd love to buy,
but
> not at the kind of prices he wants for it.. It
would be far less
irritating
> were he not only about 40 minutes from me... He
has an HP 21MX that I've
> drooled over but he wanted like 700 dollars for it... Hell, he wanted 200
> bucks apiece just for empty HP racks... Sorry for the rant, but people
who
> would rather throw stuff out because they
can't get what they think its
> "worth" truly irritate me... I'm not asking people to give everything
away,
just to be
reasonable about negotiating...
I'm not getting it from Virgil, I'm getting it from someone else (I let
chime in if they so choose :-). I'm getting it at
what I consider a fair
price and I'm not paying shipping (but I will be paying tolls, I think).
As far as the rant, that's OK, I've noticed a few people on ebay failing
to understand the true value of various computer equipment. Note to those
who wish put stuff on ebay:
1) If it's heavy you're in trouble unless it's really rare (not like
a steak :-).
2) Reserves are a pain, I've seen lots of stuff get ignored because
of reserves. Heck I've even bid on equipment only to discover I
couldn't go above the reserve.
3) Try to get a picture and if you do get a clear one.
4) If I can buy the same device used for around the same price, I'll
ignore the item.
I have more rants but I can't remember them all.
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Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)home.net
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10 Oct
10 Oct
6:50 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, FBA wrote:
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the
reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Yeah, that'll sell real quick. Why they won't even notice all the C64's
on there going for $10 and $12...with software even!
Oh well, everyone's gotta learn sometime...
8:39 a.m.
On 10-Oct-2000 Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) wrote:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, FBA wrote:
I bought one of those for 10 CAD at the Sally Ann. Does this mean I got
the deal of the century?
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64
with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Yeah, that'll sell real quick. Why they won't even notice all the C64's
on there going for $10 and $12...with software even! Oh well, everyone's gotta learn sometime...
I KNOW! If anyone bids on that, I'll e-mail the bidder offering my
computer for HALF their bid amount. I should clear at least 350 USD on
the deal. Heck, I'll even pay shipping.
-Philip
11 Oct
11 Oct
2:36 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" <transit(a)lerctr.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Moving a Microvax II
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, FBA wrote:
A friend of mine was checking out the local thrift/used item (not
non-profit) shops one afternoon... there was a poster in the window that
said "64 Computer - $2000." He went to the back where it was... A C64, no
monitor, no disk, no tape, no PSU. They were serious. He and his girlfriend
laughed at the people and left.
Just like the guy I saw at a hamfest that wanted $200 for a Packard Bell
386. (Next to the guy that was selling the Toshiba 386 laptop with docking
station for $25 - I talked him down to $20)
Kevin
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64
with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Yeah, that'll sell real quick. Why they won't even notice all the C64's
on there going for $10 and $12...with software even!
Oh well, everyone's gotta learn sometime...
10 Oct
10 Oct
6:52 a.m.
FBA wrote:
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Francois
Oh, nice point! :-)
And in the words of Nelson Munsen (SP?) of the Simpon's (a bully on a
cartoon show): Haha!
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9:34 a.m.
Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the
reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Have some fun, bid the $700, which won't meet the reserve, and won't
obligate you to buy the unit at any price.
11:24 a.m.
>Have some fun, bid the $700, which won't meet
the
>reserve, and won't obligate you to buy the unit at
If you know the reserve then this is shill bidding.
If you don't know it then He's risking obligation.
OK, so I "could" be wrong, but the first bid is $700 (nobody has bid yet),
and it is showing $700 with reserve not met, so a bid of $700 and no more I
don't "think" can reach the reserve. Maybe I will go setup a dopey auction
and test it myself.
10:55 a.m.
-> >>Have some fun, bid the $700, which won't meet the
-> >>reserve, and won't obligate you to buy the unit at
->
-> >If you know the reserve then this is shill bidding.
-> >If you don't know it then He's risking obligation.
->
-> OK, so I "could" be wrong, but the first bid is $700 (nobody
-> has bid yet),
-> and it is showing $700 with reserve not met, so a bid of
-> $700 and no more I
-> don't "think" can reach the reserve. Maybe I will go setup a
-> dopey auction
-> and test it myself.
->
What he is mentioning doing is not shill bidding. He is correct. When
and auction has "reserve not met" and no bids, a bid of the amount
listed as a the opening bid will not meet the reserve.
Shill bidding is using another name to bid on your own items, or having
someone else, who you know, bid on them.
Bill
whdawson
9:50 a.m.
Mike Ford wrote:
Have some fun, bid the $700, which won't meet the
reserve, and won't
obligate you to buy the unit at any price.
As ignorant as it was, I thought about bidding on the Cray a month or so
ago. Just to see my name there. :) However, then I started thinking...
what if I was the highest bidder? I'd have to sell everything I owned,
everything my wife owned, sell myself on the street for a year or two to
make up the extra USD$10, and then I'd have a Cray I couldn't power, or
store.
But, hell, my name would have shown up. ;)
--
Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison(a)timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/
11:02 a.m.
Speaking of
ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Have some fun, bid the $700, which won't meet the reserve, and won't
obligate you to buy the unit at any price.
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