eBay alert: TI 980B mini and a HUGE IBM drive

From: ip500 <ip500_at_home.com>
Date: Fri May 4 21:47:16 2001

        My point exactly ...who HAS seen a TI 980 sell in the last several
years? And as a consequence of its "relative" rarity ..what is one
worth. As you point out, at the moment it's worth $9.99. eBay .. while
an imperfect marketplace is about as perfect as it gets in the real
world.
        That's why I NEVER set reserves on things I market through an auction
format ..it's worth exactly what someone will pay for it .. not what I
or anyone elses appraisal of it may be.
        I'd trade it in a minute for a decent condition HP 2100A. Always
had a soft spot for HP stuff.
        Craig

"James B. DiGriz" wrote:
>
> Chad Fernandez wrote:
> >
> > If I am looking for more than an oddball part, like a computer, or a
> > peripheral.... Ebay is the FIRST place I look. If I am looking for a
> > particular bracket, for my BA23 case, I'll look here first. If I am
> > looking for guidance with a bid price, why not ask here?? People here
> > know what the going rate is for stuff, stuff that I am not as familiar
> > with.
>
> Ok. I give up. ip500 wants my honest opinion? Since I've never seen a
> 980 on ebay in several yearws of watching, it's worth exactly $9.99 at
> the moment, or what ever the current high bid is. An industrial or lab
> equipment supplier might ask several thousand for it, if they had it,
> but they'd only get that much from a corporate purchaser with a revenue
> stream being held up by a broken machine, in an extreme emergency. That
> is, somebody they had by the short hairs who was spending someone else's
> money. They sure wouldn't pay that much if you just walked in cold
> trying to sell it, because it's really an obsolete piece of junk that
> will take up valuable storage space, to them.
>
> There you have it: $9.99
>
> Send me your address, Craig, and I'll bill you my usual $50 single-item
> appraisal fee. I'll give you a 20% list member discount on an assessment
> of the drive's value, if you want that, too. .
>
> >
> > I would rather see stuff on Ebay, than hear of it being given to
> > Goodwill, unless it's my Goodwill :-) All to often I see nice stuff
> > trashed my customers, or parts lost by workers.
> >
>
> Did I say anything to the contrary? We were talking about a list member,
> however.
>
> Regards,
> jbdigriz
Received on Fri May 04 2001 - 21:47:16 BST