Univac III on Ebay

From: Sipke de Wal <sipke_at_wxs.nl>
Date: Thu Mar 13 02:06:01 2003

Hmmm, even noncooperative sellers eventually die.
I'd be on the lookout for his beneficiairies .....

Sipke de Wal
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: Univac III on Ebay


> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, Bob Lafleur wrote:
> > > I see that the seller backed off his opening price to an even $10,000. And
> > > there are still no bids. ... I *hate* to see him scrap it.
> >
> > If it still ends with no bids, I can arrange a meeting with the seller to
> > see the machine, and while there, try to convince him not to scrap it.
>
> He's had it for years now. I doubt he's going to scrap it.
>
> Michael Nadeau brought to attention the fact that the seller was featured
> in Chapter 7 of Kevin Stumpf's book on collecting computers. He detailed
> the back in 1997 how he tried to buy the machine from the seller but even
> had a problem back then.
>
> This guy will hold onto it until someone offers him twice what he thinks
> he can get.
>
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