Re: cards cost

["Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.com>]

I agree. I think that Ebay is great, once you get used to how the bid
snipping works. I have found tons of cool vintage stuff there, that I might
not have ever been able to find anywhere else -plus, it's been educational
at times, to see pictures of things that aren't on any web page. I think
that Ebay is breathing new life into the vintage computer hobby, and also
driving up the prices of things. Still, I'm glad that I have Ebay as a
resource for finding hard to find old computer hardware, books, and
software.



John Townsend wrote in message <38A01D70.56D72FA3@lexis-nexis.com>...
>Randy Shackelford wrote:
>
>> Now you see why I say epay and the like have ruined online horsetrading.
>> In days gone by, you just looked for stuff to buy in the forsale groups.
>> Now they have a few people who still sell like that interspersed with
>> posts saying "see my auction" or even worse, articles offering stuff
>> "for sale" but only having an epay URL when you read 'em. Boy I miss the
>> days when there was no epay, no spam, and newbie idiots only showed up
>> in September.
>
>You know, I've been around here since before csa2.marketplace even existed,
and
>I've *never* seen so many Apple II's and accessories changing hands as I
have on
>any given day on eBay.  Far from "ruining" the trade, I think eBay has
>rejuvenated it.  I wonder how many good Apple II systems have been brought
out of
>the closet or saved from the dumpster because the owners discovered that
they
>might be able to get enough money for them to make it worthwhile.  I wonder
how
>much longer it will be before some enterprising person realizes that they
can
>make real money by manufacturing a new Apple II accelerator or SCSI card
vs. yet
>another $39.99 PCI card.
>
>Horsetrading is alive and well online.  See http://www.horsetrader.com/
:-)
>
>--
>John E. Townsend
>Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
>LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
>Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Pollyanna Principle
>utownje@lexis-nexis.com
>
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