Re: Anybody want a *$600* SecondSight VGA Card from Ebay?

[bill.martens@gmail.com]

Greedy?  No.  But considering it is the only one I have seen (Sean
claims to have seen another but I am not sure how long ago that was), I
would say the price is more than fair.  But of course, if anyone tries
to make a buck in this business or recover the cost for anything,
everyone seems to go crazy with the bad language about the guy.  (This
is proven again and again in this group.)

Since there are tons of naysayers, I can tell you that $900 (100,000
JPY) was offered for the card two years ago when it was still in my
collection.  But I have never seen a Japanese collector who lambasted
anyone who had something they wanted.  So why is it that we Americans
are the only ones who show such behavior?  Is it Jealousy? I leave that
to you to answer for yourself.  But go figure, huh?


rtspitz@gmail.com wrote:
> $599 is being just a bit greedy.  One of the other posts is correct,
> don't put such a starting price.  Let the bidders decide and put a
> reserve.  It would be nice to have VGA on my IIGS, but, as indicated
> below, most things wouldn't use it any way.  It would be like expecting
> Choplifter to use the stereo sound card.