[Coco] SuperPet

[Christopher Smith]

American Pickers?  Sounds like reality TV about a bluegrass band...

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 2:20:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperPet
> 
> > Interesting. It could be a scammer or it could be someone who found
> > the
> > computer in his garage, looked it up on the Internet and blindly
> > took that
> > value is Gospel thinking that that's the amount they are going for.
> > They
> > probably think that they just hit the jackpot. They may be out of
> > their
> > mind, uninformed or just plane stupid/gullible.
> >
> > But, like you said, anyone who would buy it at that price would
> > also be in
> > one of the above categories.
> 
> Or someone who spends their time watching crap like American Pickers
> and Pawn Stars on TV.  These shows inflate the value of garbage all
> the time.  And show people who also think they hit the jackpot with
> junk they found in theit attic.  I guess Antique Roadshow on PBS is
> another example.
> 
> 
> bill
> 
> 
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Christopher Smith
Systems Engineer, Wolfram Research