Ebay Altair

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed May 10 12:30:57 2000

>John Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Anyone who pays significantly more than the scrap value, is not looking
>> hard enough.
>
>Absolutely! The other side of that coin though is some people are not
>interested in looking, and are therefore willing to pay someone else to do
>that. Why else would something like ebay be such a success?

We are talking in most cases a SERIOUS amount of value added, not only do I
dig up the rare part, I know what it is, know how to test it, fix it, know
it from the rev b that is worthless, etc. etc. For me, eBay has brought too
many sellers to the market so that prices are often too low for me to buy
and sell items at anything remotely like a profit considering my time to
even pack, let alone find something.
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 12:30:57 BST