Anyone know this guy!?

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On Mon, 23 May 2005, Jim Battle wrote:

> 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.

And you don't think he's figured this out?  Why do you think he's trying
to find a sucker to take it at $199K?

My guess is he's descended from old P.T. ;)

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