Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the reserve not met
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
Francois
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cherry <ncherry_at_home.net>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Moving a Microvax II
>Will Jennings wrote:
>>
>> Haha, ah yes... gotta love Virgil Rice.. I bought something from him once
>> and even though I picked it up from his house, he still wanted me to pay
>> like 30 bucks shipping.. He has lots of cool stuff that I'd love to buy,
but
>> not at the kind of prices he wants for it.. It would be far less
irritating
>> were he not only about 40 minutes from me... He has an HP 21MX that I've
>> drooled over but he wanted like 700 dollars for it... Hell, he wanted 200
>> bucks apiece just for empty HP racks... Sorry for the rant, but people
who
>> would rather throw stuff out because they can't get what they think its
>> "worth" truly irritate me... I'm not asking people to give everything
away,
>> just to be reasonable about negotiating...
>
>I'm not getting it from Virgil, I'm getting it from someone else (I let
them
>chime in if they so choose :-). I'm getting it at what I consider a fair
>price and I'm not paying shipping (but I will be paying tolls, I think).
>
>As far as the rant, that's OK, I've noticed a few people on ebay failing
>to understand the true value of various computer equipment. Note to those
>who wish put stuff on ebay:
>
>1) If it's heavy you're in trouble unless it's really rare (not like
> a steak :-).
>2) Reserves are a pain, I've seen lots of stuff get ignored because
> of reserves. Heck I've even bid on equipment only to discover I
> couldn't go above the reserve.
>3) Try to get a picture and if you do get a clear one.
>4) If I can buy the same device used for around the same price, I'll
> ignore the item.
>
>I have more rants but I can't remember them all.
>
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