heck no. it's an interesting oddity but i don't need or want it. it
isn't a newton, even.
my comment was meant to address the apparent attitude displayed by the
guy, in setting a reserve so high that he aced himself out of a rather
considerable windfall.
usually a reserve is meant to "protect the investment" of the seller -
so the seller doesn't sell at a loss - or to signify the value of the
item to the seller ("i'll get more joy from keeping this for myself
unless you pay me X dollars, but not less").
in this case the item was scavenged from a junk pile, and the seller
isn't a computer collector or hobbyist. investment cost: zero,
intrinsic value to seller: zero. and yet he somehow felt he needed to
get at least $3000 for the thing.
whatever; that's fine. maybe the next time he offers it there will be
less frenzy and the price won't rise as high. or maybe not.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 01:30 AM, Jon Glass wrote:
>
> on 11/5/02 5:42 PM, Pedro Hobbyfrazoo at pjfraser_at_mac.com wrote:
>
>> when noting that the reserve wasn't met, even with this level of
>> bidding, does the word "greed" come to mind? sheesh.
>
> I take it you bid and lost??
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