Open-ended Apple "collection" on eBay

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 13:51 -0400, chris wrote:
> > >Yep, one of my local recyclers is like that. I think they assume that
> > >anyone who appears to be knowledgeable about what they have is
> > >immediately going to take their junk and make a fortune selling it. Tell
> > >them that it's worthless in financial terms and they think you're lying;
> > >tell them that you absolutely will not sell it on and they still think
> > >you're lying. I haven't figured out a way of dealing with that class of
> > >people yet :-(
> >
> > Bring your SO along, pretend to spot the item and say "Oh look honey,
> > this is just like the <insert item here> we were using when we met". Then
> > have your SO say "Oh, we simply MUST buy it"
> >
> > Then offer the guy 50% of what you really are willing to pay for it.
> > Watch the dollar signs roll in his eyes as you haggle your way up to the
> > amount you were willing to pay.
>
> Heh :) That probably only works once for one item though - I'm not sure
> of a good strategy for the situations where they get piles of retro
> stuff every week given to them and they just scrap it for gold value.

Relationships sometimes take time to build.  Once you gain their trust &
friendship then eventually they'll start to treat you nicely.  If not,
move on as they don't deserve your loyalty.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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