Re: [NTLK] [OT] Outcome of Old iBook Sale...

From: Shawn Harley (nosoliciting_at_core.com)
Date: Wed Aug 17 2005 - 11:14:57 PDT


Never said that Henrico County was smart, did I?

I remember all the crying on the lists when it was announced that it
was only for Henrico County residents. And how were those resident
ID's checked?

When it was open to anyone, there sure were a lot of Mac-less people
on the LEM lists (and others) planning to go and get an iBook for a
"bargain" price.
And how many of those do you think would have wound up on eBay?
Would that have been any better for the taxpayers of Henrico County?

Shawn

On Aug 17, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:

>
> On Aug 17, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Shawn Harley wrote:
>
>> snip>What is the going price for
>> an iBook of those specs? Is he inflating the "original purchase
>> price"?
>> Henrico County (and human greed, but mostly Henrico County) should be
>> to blame for the chaos in the implementation of the sale.
>> <snip>
>>
>
> Clearly the Henrico county sellers left a bunch of money on the table.
> Selling then for $150, they still would have flown out the door, and
> there would have been less of a riot, and the poor taxpayers could
> have
> recouped some $.
>
> Anyhow...
>
> Marty
>
> PS the airport cards alone are worth over $60.00
>
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