Re: Apple //e for $2K

[David Flory <dafloryspamxx@hotmail.com>]

Grant Stockly wrote:
> Chris Alaimo wrote:
> > I can only guess that it's shill bidding, but even that, properly done,
> > requires an unknowing person who is geniunely interented in paying that
> > price for the item.
> >
> > Perhaps the seller ripped someone off in the past and is having revenge
> > exacted upon them in the form if high final value fees.
>
> Now I don't know what is going on, but NO ONE would pay $6,100 for an
> Apple IIe.  Not even a perfect condition Altair with disk drives and a
> terminal cost that much!
I saw this listing and was trying to figure it out before I found this 
discussion.

This listing reminds me of the used, dirty looking Packard Bell Pentium 
(I kid you not) that sold for several grand on e-bay about a month ago...

I think it's money laundering, personally.