Chromatics on ebay

william degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 12:45:55 CDT 2015


I told him he might get $500 in untested condition, a lot more if it
works.  Video, good pics, be ready with a ship quote, etc.   He may have
asked more than just me, but that is what I told him
On Jul 23, 2015 12:31 PM, "Josh Dersch" <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was me.  Despite the listing being "local pickup only" the description
> notes that the seller's willing to arrange shipping (it just won't be
> cheap).  So I put in a lowball bid on it.  Did not expect to be the high
> bidder, definitely did not expect to be the only bidder.
>
> That said, immediately after the auction ended, the seller contacted me
> and explained that he'd screwed up; he's new to eBay, couldn't figure out
> how to set a reserve (or an opening bid amount, apparently) and just
> couldn't let the thing go for $5.  Since I'm not completely heartless (just
> mostly) I'm trying to work something out with him, but we'll see; he seems
> to think it's worth a fortune -- I'm not so sure.  (Rare doesn't
> necessarily equate to worth and all that...)
>
> If I do end up with the system, I'll dump the ROMs, etc.
>
> - Josh
>
>
> On 7/23/15 7:24 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>> did anyone here get this?
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/281752359535
>>
>> I am interested in a firmware dump, but not enough to drive to socal to
>> get it.
>>
>>
>>
>


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