Ebay notices, was re: PDP-8 on e-bay

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Jan 20 16:19:15 1999

Doug wrote:
>
> That's what makes your actions even more ludicrous to those of us who do
> buy stuff on ebay -- the guy at the swap meet with the bull horn is not
> there to buy or sell, he just came to advertise using his bull horn!
>
> Ebay advertises their service nationally, and they have a $10 billion
> market cap to draw from. I don't think they need your help. If your only
> concern is that every orphaned computer find a home, then I think the only
> right thing for you to do is to make sure that every one of the contacts
> from whom you get your old computers has the name and phone number of
> everybody on this list just in case you're out of town when they call.

Doug, we have a *major* difference of opinion here, and it is leading
nowhere. Sorry you are bent out of shape about it. Also just in case you
are not aware, personal contacts are something that take time, trust, and
common interests to develop.

> You expressed concern when you found that somebody was willing to pay a
> higher price than a closing bid. Did you have that same concern when you
> paid a few dollars for an Altair or an IBM 5100?

You need to remind me of when and what that concern was all about as nothing
comes to mind. As far as the 5100, when I found out what the IBM 5100 might
be worth, I offered it back to the person who gave it to me along with my
reasons. She told me to keep it anyway. Re: the Altairs, I got them back
when people were tossing them to clear out the garage; a totally different
situation.
Received on Wed Jan 20 1999 - 16:19:15 GMT