On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:16 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebha...@ymail.com> wrote:
> Noel, I've observed this quite some times now on ebay: Some people put up > > auctions for a price and the auctions end with no bidders. Afterwards, > they re-list the > > items long term (so no auction) with higher prices. They go fishing for the > > rare number of people interested in these things. > I saw something similar recently on Freegeek Portland's eBay store. They listed a customized Atari Falcon030 and it "sold" for $481. Then apparently the buyer backed out, so they relisted it, starting at $499. At http://ebay.to/1P9Zr0y it shows it as "Ended" but I don't see a buyer anywhere. > > > Cheers, > Pierre > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Pierre's collection of classic computers moved to: > http://www.digitalheritage.de > > > ----- Ursprüngliche Message ----- > > Von: Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > > An: cctalk@classiccmp.org > > CC: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu > > Gesendet: 14:59 Freitag, 30.Oktober 2015 > > Betreff: There's hope... and then there's aggressively optimistic > > > > I love this person's style: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/281835789336 > > > > It doesn't sell for $25? Fine, re-list it at $35! > > > > Noel > > > -- Eric Christopherson