Altair Speculation

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Thu Nov 19 05:38:19 1998

> Oh my. This is the best marketing job I've seen yet. Somebody (a
> Microsoft employee, thank dog) paid $541 for a few Popular Electronics
> magazines, and they didn't even get *the* Altair issue!
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=39459401

Gregorious. I guess the seller is happe - have you seen the
second and third highest bidder ? The difference is quite
amazing. 76 USD is a high but still reasonable bid, but
531 and 541 ? Could there reale have been two dumb ones
out there at the same time ?

> There ought to be a law (or at least a good book).

A book can't change this. And a Law ? I guess the only
law aplicable here is one my mother told me when I was
thinking about any kind of sale:

Every day a dumb person get up, you just have to find it.

(She had a second one, regarding money/sales, that I
like even more: "Mai auf oda Ge'idbeidl" (its's Bavarian)
or in a more simple English version:
You have to open your mouth (and ask) or your wallet(and pay)
(to get something).)

Gruss
Hans

--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 05:38:19 GMT

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