Hello Dwight,
One other thing ...
> Still, I told him that if you use another's picture, you should make
> a statement, such as "Looks identical to this unit" or something.
If you use another's picture, it would be nice to get their permission
to use also. Then even more than "looks identical" etc., it would
be more proper to additionally add something like "picture courtesy of ..."
Best Regards
At 09:26 AM 7/3/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi
> Not all that use other pictures are trying to be
>dishonest. I came across one case where I recognized
>the picture of the item I'd bid on. I immediately
>wrote the fellow and asked what was up. I said
>that he didn't have a picture but he couldn't see any
>difference between the one he had and the picture.
>He was right, when I got the board, it was in
>great shape. Still, I told him that if you use another's
>picture, you should make a statement, such as "Looks
>identical to this unit" or something.
>Dwight
>
>
> >From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
> >
> >>> 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=254275
> >7186
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped
> >from a UC Davis site:
> >
> >http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html
Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 12:12:37 BST