On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> The new market efficiencies that the internet brings to the collecting
> game only make that local hunt and kill that much more satisfying. And
> what about buyer principles? Next time your neighbor offers to give you a
> free IMSAI, do you accept, or do you let them know that they could get
> $1000 by offerring it on the net?
HAHA! Exactly. I went over this dilemma in my mind as well. Sometimes I
get outrageous deals (compared to the online auctions of course) and feel
just the slightest bit guilty that I know where these guys could have made
ten times more. But the deal is, it's up to them to find the buyer, not
me. We negotiate and agree upon a price, and both parties walk away
happy. I pay what I feel is a fair price, regardless of what the
prevailing online prices may be.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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