Lisa 1 for Sale

[Wayne Smith]

> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:09:29 +0000
> From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: Lisa 1 for Sale
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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> On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 21:21 -0500, chris wrote:
> > >I'm not usually the paranoid type, but the seller has been 
> a member 
> > >for all of eight hours, has a baker's dozen high-priced items with 
> > >"reasonable" starting and buy bids all ending within 
> minutes of each 
> > >other. . .
> > >
> > >As much as I'd like a Lisa 1, this doesn't feel right.
> > 
> > Uh, yeah, and none of his stuff has photos. You would think, if you 
> > plan
> > to get 4 grand for a computer that clearly condition makes 
> a difference 
> > in the price, you would post some photos. Ditto for some of 
> his other 
> > items.
> > 
> 
> My immediate thought too. Plus they write like a 5 year old. 
> Interesting how they say about the Twiggy drives being a bit 
> flakey, as though there is a real machine behind all of this 
> - it seems like an out of character comment with the rest of the post.
> 
> I suppose it's the sort of thing I'd want to see personally 
> before bidding (if I were the type to use ebay, which I'm 
> not) and if that wasn't possible then just walk away.
> 
> cheers
> 
> J.

The description appears to be copied from the Lisa 1 currently up on
Ebay with a bid of $10K -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80075&item=514999
8223&rd=1 - suggesting that it's probably fraudulent.