Re: ebay - iigs iie, supply and demand. Thoughts?

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 20:56:09 -0500, Bill Garber wrote:

> 
> "John" <twohandsfree@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> e639cb5b.0402061643.4cb4745f@posting.google.com">news:e639cb5b.0402061643.4cb4745f@posting.google.com...
> : Lately, I haven't visited C.S.A.2 much, or searched ebay for
> Apple
> : iigs items.
> :
> : I noticed today on ebay a paucity (compared to a few years ago)
> of iie
> : and iigs items.
> :
> : Has supply has dried up, or have people stopped putting these
> items
> : for bid on ebay, or ?
> :
> : (also same observation for TRS-80 stuff, prices seem WAY up
> compared
> : with a few years ago)
> 
> AFAICT, there are lots more resellers lately also.
> They buy it from one eBay'er and then relist it at
> just a little higher starting bid than they paid.
> Some even buy something for say $125 and then list
> it for $200. Wonder how they make out with that?

I don't see anything wrong with it, but it's a risky game.
I sold my Zip-GS for around $275 and two weeks later there
it was again for $299. It didn't see the first couple of
times through but eventually it was gone. I don't know if
it sold for $299 or the seller gave up or what.

I bid $750 for the 16k original Apple II in original
packaging, with original game paddles, red book tech manual
etc, etc with the idea of reselling it if I got it.

Too bad it sold last night for $3383.00

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2784420398