Chromatics on ebay

[Ian Finder]

Just for the record, I hate the methodology below:
Are auctions no longer a valid way to determine value?


> I told him start with buy it now for $2000 with best offer, leave it
> to see what kind of watchers and interest he gets then lower the price
> until a sale is made. 

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> On Jul 23, 2015, at 15:08, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I told him start with buy it now for $2000 with best offer, leave it
> to see what kind of watchers and interest he gets then lower the price
> until a sale is made. 

>  That said, because you're asking for the item
> to be shipped, the seller can refuse on that ground,  you have a
> Mexican standoff.  I believe it's ok to say Mexican standoff because
> that's a historic not racial reference, having to do with 19th century
> Mexican history.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
>>> From: Josh Dersch
>> 
>>> the seller and I failed to reach an agreement
>> 
>> You were very nice to try and work with the person; if they couldn't take that
>> on board, and in return come to some agreement that you could be happy with,
>> they're being some combinations of greedy and unreasonable.
>> 
>> I have to agree with other people: an open auction was held, and the value of
>> the item was determined by that to be.... $5. End of story.
>> 
>>        Noel
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill
> vintagecomputer.net