Re: $1225 for an Apple IIGS???

["Liam Busey" <buseyl@yahoo.com>]

"Herbert Fung" <lemonherb1@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Unbelieveable what some people would pay for an Apple IIGS today.
>
> Doesn't really look like anything particularily special about this
> one. It looks like a ROM 3 motherboard with socketed onboard RAM with
> some EPROMs in the ROM sockets.
>
> The seller stated that the serial number was 20, and in the photo the
> label looks off center. Could someone have faked the sticker for the
> serial number and doctored a ROM 3 motherboard, or do these bidders
> have too much money for their own good?
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4610&item=2075241587&;
rd=1

Wow, that's a lot of money. The serial number sticker is even peeling off
;).  The wonders of ePay! Nowhere else can you have limitless supplies of
similar items selling for $10 next to one selling for $1000. Makes your head
spin.

- Liam Busey