Upon the date 09:32 PM 9/15/99 +0200, Hans B Pufal said something like:
>Mark Green wrote:
>>
>> [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
>> > It appears the HP 2114 on ebay sold from what I hear, it's no longer
listed
>> > in any case. Just out of curiousity, did anyone here on the list get it???
>> >
>>
>> I had been watching that auction. It wasn't supposed to end until
>> Sept. 16, but it all of a sudden finished yesterday afternoon. How
>> common is this on eBay? I think the final price was $455. I was
>> too busy bidding on some DEC stuff yesterday to pay much attention
>> to the 2114, so I was a bit surprised to find the auction over
>> when I looked.
>
>Yes this has happened before - I'm not sure why but I think the seller
>was made an offer he couldn't refuse and aborted the auction.
Or the seller thought the bidding up to that point didn't approach his
possibly overinflated expectation and bailed before he had to commit to
selling it at, say, $455? If he had no reserve then this could be a
credible second reason (I didn't check to see if he had a reserve).
I couldn't even find it in the closed or "ended auction" area. Did he or
somebody completely remove all reference to the auction? Can that be done?
Regards, Chris
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Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 14:59:00 BST