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Re: another ebay "what the!?!"



sfahey wrote:
  To: jonnosan
On 9/5/08 5:19 AM, in article
3dcb4e0f-6382-4f24-b6df-ad6ce934c781@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com,
"jonnosan" <jonnosan@gmail.com> wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/The-Apple-II-Circuit-Description_W0QQitemZ110286621153Q
QcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:AU:101

My initial assumption was they'd made a typo in the starting bid, then
I saw the "buy it now" price and realised they're serious...

This gets my official "eBay WTH?" Seal of Approval. Should I post these on
A2C? Just wondering what everyone thought. Would it bring any kind of
positive awareness to the community or the newbies? Would sellers get
excessively ticked off? Would it be fair to post about current auctions or
just completed ones?

It's public, so it's fair game.

And only the guilty get ticked off.  ;-)

It would be a real contribution to compile a "current market price"
table for a couple of dozen representative items--both as a guide
to buyers and to prospective sellers.

The number of eBay sales for each item in the last six months and
their median price would be a good start, as guides to availability
and price.

Software items would be more problematic, because of the difficulty
of determining what is a "representative" item, but a typical game
(not Akalabeth ;-) and a typical utility (Copy II Plus?) might shed
some light...

-michael

AppleCrate II: An Apple II "blade server"!
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