Anyone know this guy!?

[Jim Battle]

Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:

> And if so, can you explain what he's smoking?
> http://www.clelsplace.com/eli/
> 
> The press release attached to this link is dated May 21, 2005.  Oddly, it
> appears he did the same thing in 2002:
> http://yahoo.pcworld.com/yahoo/article/0,aid,104772,00.asp 

Looking at his ebay sales history, he is moving less than $100/day, 
probably closer to $50 long term.  Some days he clears 20 items, others 
0/1/2/3.  Let's be generous and say $100/day is sustainable.  For his 
$200K asking price, it would take 2000 days, or 5.5 years to recover the 
investment.   If he gets the $1M he hopes, it would take 25 years at 
$100/day to recover the investment.

Of course, it would be a lot longer than that, since there would be 
storage costs and taxes to be paid.  That is a lot of work and a long 
time to get back to break even.