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Re: Steve Jobs Signed MacWorld for $2274.00

Price is simply the point at which a buyer and seller agree to exchange an
item or service.   Whether that price is "worth it" is obviously a
subjective one.  If my old car is "worth" $5000, I still need to find
somebody willing to pay that much for it before I can recoup the money.  For
a box of laundry detergent we all have a good idea of a fair price.  For a
new car we have an idea but it is more vague.  For works or art or a Sosa
home run ball or a steve jobs autograph then the answer is in the stars...

I have also noticed that some of the "better prepared" auctions on ebay for
IIgs (esp Woz edition) and II+ machines can fetch a lot more than somebody
who just slaps a picture of their CPU up there with minimal text and opens
the bidding at $9.99.  If you can convince the buyer they are getting
something rare or build up the drama around the item, it seems to work in a
lot of cases.  All it takes is two determined buyers to start a bidding war.

That being said, I have an old issue of A+/Incider magazine that I am
willing to autograph and sell.  I will start the bidding at a scant $500.
Just think of what it will be worth when I become a big shot and Steve Jobs
is doing my dry cleaning and you can say you knew me way back when.

"Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message
news:avbkqk$1hs6$1@merope.saaf.se...
> In article <o74S9.79383$B31.18307246@twister.socal.rr.com>,
> Bryan Villados <news002@macgeek.org> wrote:
>
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14433&item=2151450105
> > &rd=1
>
> ...................
>
> > And even if Jobs' autograph is considered mega-rare, it's still not
worth
> > $2274.00. Maybe $1000.00 with some sort of proof would be acceptible.
>
> So if you owned that autograph, and someone wanted to buy it from you
> for $2274.00, what would you say?  Would you say "No, it's not worth
> that much -- I'll sell it to you for $1000" ????    <g>
>
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