[Coco] NT :is it just me?

[Frank Pittel]

The prices on Ebay are cyclical. Right now it's on the high side of the 
cycle. When the prices get to where they are now people stop buying and
the prices come down.

I do have to admit to getting a kick out of reading your comments about me
spending to much for the dual drives in May. Considering that single drives
were going for what you were asking for two I was getting a bargin!! :-)

Frank

PS - good luck selling the drives.


On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:58:37PM -0700, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> Is it just me, or have the prices really skyrocketed on E-bay? I mean 
> Really, the sellers are knowing it also. The "Buy it now" prices for 6 
> issues of the Rainbow -$75. I am in one auction for a CoCo2 and some 
> floppies -it states "low reserve". His "Low" is $99.99 and there is one 
> buyer that is really spending a lot of money. A 4-color printer -Starting 
> $75!!! I thought last winter when I was trying to just get floppy disk 
> drives for my online store was expensive at $100, and I never could get a 
> 501! Now, I am trying to re-stock my store and it seems impossible to get 
> anything for a half decent price. SO I am taking Some matters into my own 
> hands! Next week marks the 1 year anniversary of the CoCo lounge, and as a 
> result of not being able to get any more floppy disk drives in for a half 
> decent price, I have been wheeling and Dealing with a few Third party 
> Manufacturers and I will be offering custom made Floppy drives with atx 
> Power supplies,custom cases, Truly re-manufactured 5 1/4" and new 3.5" 
> drives. All good quality components and with a 90 No questions asked 
> exchange policy. The web page is up at 
> http://www.coco.8bit-micro.com/custom.htm, but no links from the main site 
> or up yet. You have the first crack. Once we get some volume sales , the 
> price will come down, but with the prices on ebay lately, they might be in 
> the right "Ballpark".
> 
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