Re: Distored Prices on eBay Affects Everyone

[martin lytz <mlytz@mindspring.com>]

I saw a IIgs with all boxes and sw assortment go for $285 a week or so ago.
The one I bought was a piece of crap with magic marker all over it and I got
ripped off, but the price was well under 100.

Jeff Jungblut wrote:

> In article <130819991917221592%news001@macgeek.org>, Alan Tuttle
> <news001@macgeek.org> wrote:
>
> > Like I just said in the Subject... Someone earlier mentioned about some
> > guy in the Orient purchasing a plain Apple II for $610. Just now,
> > someone offered me an Apple II. I offered a pretty decent price for it
> > (don't want to disclose my offer). But then he writes back saying,
> > "it's hard to sell an apple 2 for $XXX plus shipping when they are
> > going for over $600 on ebay.... thanks for the offer but i will need to
> > get closer to its value...." It's value??? $600 is NOT its value!!! I
> > was involved in the bidding on eBay, and I stopped bidding at $300.
>
> That hardly sounds like the norm.  I've never seen Apple II stuff going
> for over $100.  Is the price gouging something unique to the old non-Plus
> Apple ][?
>
> What gets me is every other item listed is hyped as "RARE!!".  Yeah, only
> 15 million in existence.  Better snap it up before they're all gone!
>
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