Speaking of eBay

Merle K. Peirce at258 at osfn.org
Thu Dec 30 22:41:13 CST 2004


Oh, no you didn't bid on those Siamese Twin exotic Dancers, did you??

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, William Donzelli wrote:

> > But it makes me wonder, what is the most that we've all knowingly over-paid for
> > a collector's item in the hobby -- perhaps something that you really wanted and
> > said "just this once"...?
> 
> What? Show our hands?
> 
> Seriously, I have spent some big bucks for some computers and radios. That
> B1900 on EBay cost me about $2K when all was said and done (mostly
> shipping). A string of 3330 drives is costing me about $500 a
> pop. Sometimes the rarity commands the price.
> 
> One purchase was insanely expensive. However, you aren't going to
> find out how much...
> 
> William Donzelli
> aw288 at osfn.org
> 
> 
> 

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M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island 

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