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[William Donzelli]

> I'm talking about high-priced "one of a kind" items here, not lots.  For
> example, if this seller were to ask me about a second chance on this
> instrument, I'd be very leery:

OK, yes, that is valid - I would be suspect of that, unless the second
chance offer came a few weeks later, and if I see from the feedback that
the original deal went thru.

For such a big deal, I would want to leave a pretty good paper trail, as
well.

For old computers, however, it is reasonable to think that often a number
of a rare item might show up in a dealers hands. In fact, is has happened
quite a few times with me, with fairly rare items (Comdyna and EAI analog
computers), and I have seen it on EBay as well (anone remember the auction
lot of six (!) IBM 2501 card readers?).

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org