Ebay Heartbreak (was: ebay shenanigans)

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Apr 20 23:45:13 2004

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, William Donzelli wrote:

> > What kind of deleterious ass would auction off gold edge connectors on
> > eBay?
>
> There is a small but growing scrap market on Ebay. Eventually it will get
> its own category, I suppose.
>
> They might actually sell at that price (although it seems a bit high) -
> the Chinese are back in the scrap game full force, and many will pay
> seemingly incredible amounts for gold bearing scrap.
>
> So basically, live with it.

Great. There goes the whole concept of "scrap value".

Live with it he says. Ha-rumph.

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