Hello Paxton,
I don't know what it is like these days, but back in the 90's the US
dollar wasn't worth much in exchange against the Yen. Some of the
courses the company I was working for were being conducted on
one of the US Naval Bases in Japan. Mine wasn't, so I never went,
but some of the other instructors told me what it was like to try to
go out on the local economy. Something like a hamburger being
$35.00 and such. I don't think they were BS'ing me about that either.
If you wanted to make it over there on the per diem amount allowed,
you had to stay on base. That still doesn't fully explain the listing
prices, but it might be a factor. Those items are showing in Tokyo,
Japan.
Best Regards
At 02:40 PM 7/2/03 -0400, you wrote:
>It is an interesting batch of sales. If you look at their other listings
>there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM 5100 listed
>with the a
>strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in "antiques."
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=2542757186
>
>I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I think they
>are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just registered. The ads are in the
>wrong categories. The descriptions are not what would sell a piece of
>equipment.
>Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian eBay site with shipping in
>misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or possibly fraudulent (low
>probability
>but worth being very careful)
>
>Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the WEB.
>Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an original collection. The high
>valuations lead me to think it might be a collector.
>
>If you search their completed sales they are all collectable baseball cards.
>http://cgi6.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&
>userid=extremejordanfanno1&include=0&since=30&sort=2&rows=100
>
>They brought good money too. The Ford Typewriter is also getting good bids at
>a price that indicate the decimal places are not misplaced.
>
>I suspect a Japanese collector that is a newbie to eBay, and needs to raise
>money.
>
>Paxton
>Astoria, OR
>
>Who wishes he had an iPSC......
Received on Wed Jul 02 2003 - 14:19:00 BST