Appraisals, value, the 'Market' was Re: And $500 gets you...

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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, vrs wrote:

> Technically, you have shown evidence you can find *something* anywhere.
> And I believe that. However, I'm not convinced you can find *anything*
> anywhere, except in the "anything's possible" sense.

That might be a more accurate way of describing it, sure.  But I've seen
some pretty amazing things come out of the most unexpected places.

> Which is related to my point about different venues and different prices.
> There are places you can buy Posibus peripherals and parts.  But they aren't
> cheap, and there aren't many).  There are places like eBay where you have a
> fair chance to find them, they are cheaper, and places where your chances to
> find them are slimmer, and the prices are cheaper yet.
>
> Which makes economic sense to me.  I can spend my time and money searching,
> or spend it at the higher priced venue.  I was, in part, arguing that the
> premium for having it "already found" should be part of our view of "market
> price".  (Same as we do for "already working".)

Sure, and you can add the cost of shipping to the purchase price to come
up with the total cost since the shipping price is the trade-off for the
searching.  Depending on how you value your time, the shipping costs will
usually be cheaper, but as I've always said, the journey is the reward.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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