Re: apple ii diagnostic card

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:25:25 +0000, Quadrajet1 wrote:

>>got an apple ii diagnostic card on ebay for like $15 plus shipping
>>($5.75)...ouch..anyway.....
>>
>   Some guy with a serious crack addiction is selling on these diagnostics cards
> with a starting bid of $100, and says the card is rare, if not rarer than a
> Apple I.  Very few known to exists, Museums Take Note!  he says.  Guess I own
> over 5% of the world's card reserve then.

This is why Ebay should allow bystanders to comment. Of course, that might
hurt sales so it will never happen.

In any case, most Ebay purchasers of Apple items are pretty savvy, so this
seller might not get his hoped-for big payday.

I also find it interesting that the seller assumes that rare = valuable.
To be valuable, an item has to be not only rare, but also desirable. Then
again, I was astounded when that wire wrapped "front panel" card went for
several hundred dollars a couple of months ago. I felt like maybe I should
make a few myself and sell them on Ebay.