Re: E-Bay Driving Up Apple II Prices

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

FWIW, I agree. Ebay isn't a problem at all. Some people complain because
their exclusive channel of cheaps has dried up. Ebay simply introduces more
public to more product. This helps keep the Apple II community *alive*.
Also, it will increase the value of the stuff you own.




"Dain Neater" <dneater@inebraska.com> wrote in message
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> I personally think that without ebay, out there it would be really
difficult
> to find things so easily(albeit more expensive).  While it does drive up
the
> prices for particular items, SCSI cards, other such rare items, it does
give
> me a chance to buy them, that I wouldn't have had before.  It isn't eBay
> that is the problem, it is the basic concept of the Free Market economy
that
> drives the prices so high.  You normally can't find this stuff where I am
> from.  The further we get from the last time this stuff was produced, the
> harder it is going to be to find this stuff.  I wish I would have invested
> more money back then, but I was broke and could  barely afford my used
IIgs.
> I have gradually built the thing up from using ebay, csa2m, a2web
> classifieds, Delphi's board, Alltech, and a few others, and I still have
> work to do on it:)
>
> Right now, I would really like to find a superdrive card(good luck).
>
>
> dain
>
> >
> > I am like SO glad that I got all the hard to get stuff I wanted to get
back
> > in '95, before epay showed up and ruined online horsetrading. Check out
> > some of the finds from back then which I found through old fashioned FS
> > post in the forsale groups:
> >
> > flawless condition original ][ in its original box with all manuals: $15
> > Red Book: $40
> > //c LCD screen: $125
> > /// plus: $25
> > superdrive card with superdrive mech: $200 (recall this is '95 we're
talking
> > so a superdrive mech was still worth some bux)
> > /// with profile hard disk: $30
> > Bell & Howell black ][ plus: $30
> > Mac 128: $100 (another cream puff complete with manuals and how-to-use
> > cassette tape still shrinkwrapped)
> > working Mac XL plus non working Lisa 2: $200
> > //c plus: $25
> >
>