Classifieds2000 found 13 old computers <<<< WRONG

From: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Wed Dec 31 19:17:54 1997

> You should have read the ad. It says "WANTED TO BUY AN IMSAI COMPUTER WITH
> OR WITH OUT MANUALS. ALSO ALTAIRS, PROLOG, KIMS, SBC-80-10 BY INTEL YEARS
> 1975-1982 DECS, JUPER-II BY WAVE MATE. I WILL PAY UP TO 200+ FOR CSOME
> ITEMS. ".
>
> Classifieds2000 is a waste of time IMO.
>
>
> Joe

Yeah, and it's good for normal stuff *AND* typical "Jones/Janes type"
crowd with greens to burn/hoping to snatch 'em by expectent sellers.
I tried once there and these offers and asking prices is way out 70%
percent of time. Not good, and fault was it's too accepting type due
to it's interface. Ebay have some faults due to timing problems and
uncontrolled bidding process made this very unenjoyable bidding for
me. Email list and newsgroups are far better source for your special
requests and often reasonable prices found there!

Main problem, with most of these crowds do not have reasonable
acceptanace of what real value of old and resold/ discontuined new
equipments. Today, I saw a notebook 486dx 25/4mb/170mb with little
bunch of s/w (win/dos and minor s/w) selling for stupid $600. no.
NO way. Expect about 150 to 100 for it now. :) Even there is one
reseller selling new equipments at outragous prices, right now I'm
watching the honest responses nipping at it saying bad
deal/overpriced. Recently, my friend was not very careful of
questioning the seller (this was on Ebay btw) carefully enough. The
deal was so so in my opinion and had to help out my friend fixing
BOTH Epson NB/SL-25 80mb/8mb, docking station, and 4 set of dead
batteries along with one broken latch that. Both were 200 each, no
brick, both dead cmos battery (very hard to find due to shape/size of
it) and no manuals and a big BOOT for Epson who wants $25 each for
every call.

I assume the seller's ad's tad of lying and also assume seller is
guilty until accounted for in WRITING (by pointed questionings and
fix the price) before finishing the deal otherwise the deal is off.
To all 'net shopper, be careful!

IMHO

Jason D.

Nip!
Received on Wed Dec 31 1997 - 19:17:54 GMT