Re: Production Apple IIgs in IIe case EBay ad- What's wrong with this picture?

["Jon" <iigs@hempseed.com>]

You know, it really bothers me lately to see that so many things are now
"RARE" all of a sudden. I notice this with Ebay.  I've been seeing things
like this:

Apple Monitor /// - RARE!!!!

or

COLLECTORS! - Apple //e card for Mac LC - SUPER RARE!

or 

Apple II Plus - Vintage! RARE!

I don't know why, but I always get angry because the ads are misleading.  I
can find a Monitor /// almost anywhere online and same with the //plus.  I
know the //e card for the LC is a little harder to find but its far from
being super rare..

the next thing we know..things like this will appear:

Apple IIGS - ROM 03 - RARE!! COLLECTORS!!

5.25" Disk Drive - RARE!!

VINTAGE! COLLECTORS! ImageWriter!

I'm sorry for this rant..but I hate seeing things that are pretty common
being advertised as "super rare" and the like..I will shut up now..

Jon




In article <359BD54F.BD2671BB@swbell.net>, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>
>
>     The clear implication is that the buyer is getting some kind of
>rare, limited-production model or prototype. If this is so, why does the
>seller add the information from a "knowledgeable friend" without a
>comment explaining that the for sale item is not merely one of many
>IIe-->IIgs conversions?
>
>     If the for sale item is just one of many IIe-->IIgs conversions,
>why has not the statement in the center of the EBay ad/bid display been
>removed?
>
>     If this is just a IIe-->IIgs conversion, the $70+ bid prior to the
>addition of the new information seems high; and, it is reasonable to
>conclude that bids were based upon an inaccurate representation of the
>for sale item. In such a case, the "What's wrong with this picture?"
>statement should be removed or modified and the bidding should be
>re-set.