On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I personally have never seen an item with a reserve that I felt was within
> range of what I'd pay.
>
> As for the Otrona ... which is a local product, having been made in Boulder
> ... these things were trouble from the "git-go" in that several things were
> known sources of trouble, including but not limited to the FDC. The only ones
You mean the ubiquitous NEC 765, of course. I remember the folks at
Myvroft Labs writing a preface paragraph to their little manual for
their communications program for the Attache' wondering why anyone would
choose such a "brain dead chip" for that machine.
- don
> (in terms of organization users) I've ever seen with Otrona machines have been
> IRS types.
>
> I wouldn't want one, even as a gift. Now, I'm not a collector, i.e. I
> wouldn't want a non-functional i8080 chip either, no matter what the color.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: No one likes Otronas?
>
>
> > > Just curious if anyone has an opinion on why this didn't move.
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2001112267 While I
> > > don't know what his minimum is, seems like anything in this family should
> be
> > > worth about $100 or so, based on what Kaypros and a few others go for. He
> > > had it up once before, and it didn't sell.
> > >
> > > And I'm not interested in the merits or demerits of eBay, reputations,
> yada
> > > yada yada. I just want to know what someone thinks why a classic like
> this
> > > didn't even get bid on, except by one guy (me).
> > >
> > > --John
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I don't normally bid on items with reserves, and I think many others operate
> the same way. People use reserves because they think
> > that starting low may generate a bidding frenzy that will drive the price
> up. It probably has the opposite effect by attracting
> > bottom feeders that will never bid high, and turning off some people who
> might actually be interested but don't want the additional
> > hassle of having to bid against the seller's reserve.
> >
> > -W
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 18:29:14 GMT