eBay sellers

[Nemo Nusquam]

On 2021-04-13 18:15, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> I'm slightly amazed at how some eBay sellers react. Take this item:
>
>    https://www.ebay.com/itm/154404969351
>
> which the seller had listed as a 'PDP-8 PC05'. I sent the person a message
> pointing out that it was a PC04 (as shown by the 4 rocker switches, and the
> small backplane - PC05's have a larger one to hold more cards).
>
> They sent a nice peply, but didn't alter their listing!
No surprise there.  I recall a seller selling a 6 GHz SPARC box (or 
somesuch ridiculous frequency).  The chip's rev number was 6.  I pointed 
this out with the same reply and inaction.

N.

> Well, I hope the bider really is a PDP-8 owner who wants a PC04... :-)
>
> 	Noel