Ebay Altair

From: Craig Smith <ip500_at_roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue May 9 21:11:00 2000

That was the first thing I looked for. The seller did in fact add to
the buyers feedback profile [with a "glowing" comment], which would seem
to indicate that the sale was indeed consummated.
        And I thought 3-4K was a bit pricey!
Craig

Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> 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 - 21:11:00 BST