Re: [NTLK] Emate Display Cable Auction

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_telebyte.nl)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 22:46:40 PST


On 2-apr-04, at 8:20, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> However, if it's being listed for $40 - ebay fees, then the $49 price
> on
> the website isn't exactly "not a profit making exercise, but simply an
> attempt to prolong the life of the fantastic Newton eMate" when simply
> hanging on to them for $49 forever would recoup the "not making a
> profit" costs.

Ferdi never used eBay as an auction site but as a sales outlet (as many
other do as well) so if the auction doesn't yield the price he wants he
normally pulls it right before the end.
One of the reasons he wasn't always so popular on the list...

Robert Benschop

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