Osborne 01 for only $5000.00

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu Jan 14 15:16:36 1999

The seller never answered with either a figure or to tell me to get bent so
the actual reserve is still a mystery until someone hits it and clears the
"reserve not met". It's over $400 reserve.

Phil Clayton wrote:

> Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > Also note that all bidders on this item are rookies, no feedback
> > built up or very little. Most that I checked have been on ebay since
> > just before Christmas. That's part of the reasoning that they are
> > bidding on an item that's well over $400 and still hasn't met it's
> > "reserve" price. If the item doesn't get to his ridiculous reserve, he
> > doesn't have to honor the sale when it closes and can relist it again.
> >
> >
>
> When We Laugh at the reserve price of $400, keep in mind that a famous
> baseball sold at an auction this week to a high bidder of almost 7
> million dollars.. Hard to believe!
> To me a baseball is worth about 3 bucks.. A used one even less...
> Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder..
> Phil...
Received on Thu Jan 14 1999 - 15:16:36 GMT