Sometimes. But a lot of times it's just simply trying to get as much as possible, which I guess is rational economic behavior. And the fault for the high prices is us collectors - ye who bid thousands for old Apple IIs or $3500 for a Microswitch keyboard.
I've been hunting for a Sanyo MBC-16 like the ones we had in our highschool.. there's one on ebay right now.. but despite another previously selling for less than $300 the seller is absolutely locked to $999. And he might be right, someone more motivated than me and to whom $1000 is no big deal might reward his patience. I've seen that happen with items that sat literally for years on ebay before selling pretty close to asking. It's too bad the various collecting communities can't have the disarmament equivalent of SALT talks and maybe agree to not keep feeding the beast. Although I suppose on the upside, the high values mean stuff that might otherwise get discarded survives. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 11:38 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Bill Degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: PDP-8/L $15,000 On Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 1:46 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 8/28/23 10:30, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > It can be yours for only $15,000 plus shipping > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/126067408991 > > > Well, if that doesn't fancy your tickle, you can have an equally > rough-looking Morrow MD-1 for only $3500. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/126067197438 > > --Chuck > I think some Ebay sellers simply overpriced an item when they know it's probably valuable but they're not sure how much to sell for. They will wait for people to contact and say, "your price is way too high, you might sell if you charged $nnnnn instead." It's not an illogical tactic. Bill >
