Ebay Altair

From: Richard Erlacher <richard_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 9 20:30:28 2000

What's just as likely is that the Altair will go un-paid-for, thereby
leaving the notion that it should bring a high price, but without any actual
consummated sale. Most of us won't know about that little detail, but will
surely remember that an Altair, probably worth at least that much if
inflation is taken into consideration and if you simply consider what it
cost back in the "old days" when it was purchased. Note that this one had a
4K Ram board and a CPU, but little else, hence, it was probably just held
for investment.

This is how the prices are pushed up.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Ebay Altair


>
>
> johnb wrote:
> >
> > Funny how a lot of people here think the prices are inflated. These
prices
> > are established by *demand* and availability (as with anything else). I
sold
> > my Altair 8800 serial #80 just like this one with my collection :-(
>
> "Inflated" implies a comparison. And of course prices are established by
> supply and demand, and I think that is a good thing. The comparison,
though,
> is with the approx. $2K to $4K or so they have been selling for on ebay
for
> the past several years. That ad gives a LOT less detail than others that
> sold for much less. Was it ignorance that drove the price up ... or was it
> that the bidder knew something we don't? Perhaps this person emailed the
> seller and did find out something that made it worth the extra money.
>
Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 20:30:28 BST