[Coco] [Color Computer] Very OT but!

[Jan Vanden Bossche]

Hallo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jhoger at pobox.com>

> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:32, Neil Morrison wrote:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6922802383
> >
> > Am I losing my mind? What's up with this? This was a $20 - $30 book when
> > published, surely. And this is Amazon's price for used copies, too.
>
> A misplaced decimal point perhaps?

That can happen once, sure. But look at this item : 4500199551 sold by the
same guy. Or this one : 6930356831.

> Well I think it's safe to say this seller just succeeded in incurring
> some ebay fees for this auction, to no useful purpose, since that book
> ain't gonna sell.

There always might be someone who's desparately searching for that book &
who's willing to pay the price. For my 2 examples above, that might be true,
but for the Excel book ? ... Naaaaaa!

> He has a lot of books for
> sale, and a very high number at >$100. He also has a lot of books at
> reasonable prices, which I guess is to keep his feedback positive.
>
> Fishing for idiots.

One famous american once said "there is a sucker born every minute" (Barnum
?)

> -- John.


Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus
Jan-80



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