Chromatics on ebay

[william degnan]

obviously not in this case!
On Jul 23, 2015 8:21 PM, "Ian Finder" <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
>