Re: How redicoulous can Ebay Get?

[sheercon@earthlink.net]

Christopher Rose wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=117057618

Here is a DOS 3.3 Disk going for over $50 for just the disk. I have
about 10 of theese (Not for sale) with the original disk covers! (This
one dosn't even have the original disk cover!) Guys...... we are in
the wrong business. Maybee I'll sell all my Apple II stuff on Ebay and
retire! I could make a living going to Goodwill stores and reselling
Apple II stuff on Ebay!
Christopher Rose
Liberty Hospital
Network Administrator

Those prices are outrageous. If I may, let me relate a little story of
my first time bidding on Ebay: The day I registered I searched and found
Gary Kitchens game maker - a game I loved as a kid. Anyway, I placed a
bid on it (it was for sale for like .99 cents) about an hour later I got
a message from Ebay saying I had been outbid.
I went back to the URL and bid again and about an hour later I got
another message saying I was outbid by the same person. This went on for
about 5 days until the price for this game was outrageous - like $40. I
got caught up in the feeding frenzy and didn't want to be outbid - I didn't
stop to think I could probably find the game in a thrift store for under
a buck (which a few months later I did) So I came to my senses and let
the person outbid me one last time - the price was like $41 now. The other
person won the auction but a day after the auction the seller emailed me
saying the high bidder backed out and that I was obligated to buy the game
at my highest bid (which was $40). Frustrated, I looked up the high bidders
email address and the person had the same nickname the seller was using
only it was at a different email address. It turned out this person was
using a second account to bid on his own item to jack the price up. Having
learned my lesson, I now wait until the last two minutes of an auction
to bid as to avoid being ripped off (but I only bid on Ebay as a last resort,
the prices are TOO outrageous for some things)

Anyway, to get back to your original post - If I am not mistaken arn't those programs in the public domain(dos 3.3) and can be downloaded freely over the internet? Which does me no good since I don't have a mac to download them with but I do have an Apple IIe with no startup disk. Would you be willing to sell me one or one for an Apple IIgs?

Thanks,
Brian