are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?

[Astral]

Here is another idiot selling on eBay - Amiga 600 with busted floppy Starting Bid AUD$200 (hey you can get A1200s for that price)
 
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Commodore-Amiga-600-complete-working-system-/120959069576?pt=AU_Computers_Vintage&hash=item1c29b8ed88
 
It is nice to note that either the seller has collected this at a tip or has never heard of cleaning.. Filthy!

So how much is it worth? (btw it's not mine)

[Astral]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271146214000

I emailed to confirm that it wasn't a typo... apparently not? hmm...

$62.50 postage seems a bit steep? I guess that's to cover the $750 worth of insurance...

I asked, and her logic is that based on the purchase price years ago, plus an allowance for that time, and given the item is vintage, she came up with the figure. She says it is backed up by other prices she has seen.

I don't quite agree with her method, but accept that it is her choice and item to do with what she wishes.

[Astral]

I wonder how many times people will list things for stupid prices, before they realise its not the buyers that are at fault...

In this case I predict six more price drops before it sells

[Astral]

I'm confused, his last listing was a 7 day auction, that only got one bid?

How can he think it "went too fast"?

The only bid it got was 4 seconds before the auction ended, so clearly it isn't worth any more than that!

Because "too fast" is a matter of opinion. His/her experience/opinion may be that items that take 3 months to sell are sold at a price that "they are worth" - because by then the market has had the opportunity to value the items at it's maximum (read: sold at the highest possible price for the seller), even if, in most other peoples opinion, they are asking "too much".

[Astral]

This through phone line, well fibre to cabinet, Before beg of year was in top ten balackspot in uk for broadband speeds as 3 1/2 miles from excahnge, could only get 2 mb and had ping in the high 70s
 
Wuqite often get 10ms pings now, great for online gmaing
 

Don't you hate it when your beer spills on the keyboard and out comes a pile of half incomprehensible dribble? ;-)

[Astral]

I love on these ebay complaint threads how nobody every posts the GOOD DEALS as there are some to be had sometimes.

Well noticed and well spoken. After all the thread topic isn't necessarily about crazy sellers - but the assumption is that it is!