Altair up on ebay

[greenmeanie]

There is an Altair up on Ebay for a buy it now for 6K LOL.
Don't everyone rush over there to buy it ;)

[chuckcmagee]

Yes yes, that's that compumkt (sp) guy. He is almost always WAY OUT in left field. I see those and know immediately who it is.

[Sharkonwheels]

Yeah - anither example:

He bought THIS:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170155250329&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

for $25, and then relists it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Rare-Eagle-IIE-CP-M-Computer-Z-80-Works_W0QQitemZ200162296328QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4193 QQcmdZViewItem

For almost $700.

What a dorf!

Man, seriously, if it wasn;t for that schmuck, I wouldn;t have had a great many laughs! While I was on the ship, a few of us gathered around absolutely laughing at his actions.

I was almost in tears, we were having such fun at his expense!


T

[curtis]

At least he didn't use the same pictures!

[Unknown_K]

Yeah - anither example:

He bought THIS:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170155250329&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

for $25, and then relists it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Rare-Eagle-IIE-CP-M-Computer-Z-80-Works_W0QQitemZ200162296328QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4193 QQcmdZViewItem

For almost $700.

What a dorf!

Man, seriously, if it wasn;t for that schmuck, I wouldn;t have had a great many laughs! While I was on the ship, a few of us gathered around absolutely laughing at his actions.

I was almost in tears, we were having such fun at his expense!


T

That eagle machine looks nice, was it a good CP/M machine?

Plenty of people on ebay buy stuff and then relist it at a much higher price hoping to get a sale here and there and make money (generally in an ebay store and not a real auction). Retro computers are such a niche that it takes time for somebody to show up wanting a specific model and having the deep pockets to pay for it.

I hate people who snag up some nice common items and then relist them for $100's and never sell them (VLB 486 motherboards for one).

[MikeS]

VLB 486 mobos? $100s?? I'M RICH!

But for you I could perhaps be talked down somewhat...

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[newtonian]

The black nameplate on this is Eagle I AVL. I've been trying to determine it's value without putting it on Ebay. Serial number is 000036. How does one determine a fair market value?

http://users.rcn.com/evan02466/eagle.JPG