Re: Unbelievable Auctions

[Doug_M <doug.mccomber@fakepart.gmail.com>]

a2fan@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am truly amazed. Recently, I saw this insanity:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8825814209
> 
> I have a couple of these NIB, and unlike this example - never opened,
> or removed from box. And Apple joysticks, even new ones aren't that
> rare. They show up on eBay often enough - just like the NIB IIc Plus
> machines do. They're out there.
> 
> Then there's this - and the reserve hasn't been met yet.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&item=130000990758
> 
> Don't get me wrong - I'm all for free enterprise, supply and demand,
> etc. I don't begrudge someone making a nice profit on something.
> VintageMicros is a great place to get stuff, and I've had nothing but
> good experiences with them.
> 
> I'm just amazed a Vulcan is going for this much. Especially a 20MB, and
> it's not even a cosmetically perfect item either. Oh well, it sits
> inside the machine, right? But vintage products aside, a CFFA or
> MicroDrive would make more sense.
> 
> Maybe I'm just out of touch with the new vintage computer economy.
> 
I was just commenting on this myself at the Retrobits Podcast forum.  It
seems that with the explosion of interest in the vintage computing hobby
comes people willing to pay top dollar.

On the plus side, rare items you never used to see on eBay are showing
up because people are learning it is worth their while to sell them.

Here are the links to the podcast I mentioned:

Podcast:  http://retrobits.libsyn.com/
Forums:   http://retrobits.petscii.com/

Regards,
-- 
Doug McComber
http://www.VintageComputing.net/