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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:
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Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I bid on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on Ebay and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid up the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffet said, "..but I know, it's my own
damn fault." Parrot head!
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Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com>
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| Quote: | Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I bid
on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on Ebay
and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit
high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid up
the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he
might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffet said, "..but I know, it's my
own
damn fault." Parrot head!
--
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###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:###
http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/databank.htm
My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it
goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the
Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 <at> hotmail.com
Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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Michael A. Terrell
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Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
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I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
wrote in message news:11i31halkni65aa@corp.supernews.com...
Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I bid
on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on Ebay
and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit
high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid up
the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he
might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffet said, "..but I know, it's my
own
damn fault." Parrot head!
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Both made it to Earthlink's news servers.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:04 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4324673F.8AAD5577@earthlink.net...
| Quote: | "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover""
NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
wrote in message news:11i31halkni65aa@corp.supernews.com...
Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into
a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I
bid
on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one
I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage
included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on
Ebay
and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit
high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several
more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid
up
the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the
later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB
won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he
might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffett said, "..but I know, it's
my
own
damn fault." Parrot head!
Both made it to Earthlink's news servers.
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Well, then, I guess no one cares if they become a victim of a shill on
Ebay. Wait until it happens to them.
Speaking of parrot heads.. I was behind an SUV that had stickers that
said,
{ WWJBD } --------- What would Jimmy Buffett Do?
{ SEARCHiNG FOR MY LONG LOST SHAKER OF SALT }
{ CHANGES IN LATITUDES }
{ CHANGES IN ATTITUDES }
Must be a real parrothead!
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Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell
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Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
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Well, then, I guess no one cares if they become a victim of a shill on
Ebay. Wait until it happens to them.
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I only go to E-bay when I need a good laugh. I get so sidetracked by
the fraudulent ads and stupid sellers that I never do find anything that
I need.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell
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Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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Glenn Gundlach wrote:
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If you really want an item, don't bid on it. Use eSnipe. They charge 1%
or $0.25, whichever is greater only on items actually won. Their
computer will enter a bid usually 6 seconds before the end (you can
change the time).
As for eBay, 3 motherboards, 4 video cards, some RAM, 5 trackballs, CF
cards, digital cameras. Its really good for out of print books, CDs,
old electronics.
GG
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Glen, I really don't see much of anything on E-bay that I can use. My
shop is so full right now that it will take me a couple years to put it
back into a useable condition after last year's hurricanes. The benches
are still covered with plastic, boxes of stuff are piled on skids and
covered with plastic as well. I have to replace the old roof before I
can do anything else, and I don't have the $5,000 I need to hire someone
to do it. Five years ago I would have done it myself, but I still
haven't figure out how to replace a roof while walking with a cane.
These days I fill my time with collecting and repairing old computers
for the disabled veterans in my area. It gives me something to do for
the couple hours a day that I can work and helps others who can't afford
to buy a computer.
If I don't manage to get the roof fixed, I will just start selling
things, or have a dumpster delivered and dump everything. After all,
there is only 1848 square feet of workshop full of tools, parts, manuals
and test equipment, not counting the thousands of manuals and data books
in my library in the house. It should take more than two or three
construction dumpsters to get rid of everything. :(
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Glenn Gundlach
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Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:
| Quote: | "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4324673F.8AAD5577@earthlink.net...
"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover""
NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
wrote in message news:11i31halkni65aa@corp.supernews.com...
Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into
a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I
bid
on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one
I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage
included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on
Ebay
and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit
high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several
more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid
up
the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the
later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB
won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he
might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffett said, "..but I know, it's
my
own
damn fault." Parrot head!
Both made it to Earthlink's news servers.
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If you really want an item, don't bid on it. Use eSnipe. They charge 1%
or $0.25, whichever is greater only on items actually won. Their
computer will enter a bid usually 6 seconds before the end (you can
change the time).
As for eBay, 3 motherboards, 4 video cards, some RAM, 5 trackballs, CF
cards, digital cameras. Its really good for out of print books, CDs,
old electronics.
GG |
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m1ke dot m477hewz at gmai
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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Michael A. Tarrell said:
| Quote: | If I don't manage to get the roof fixed, I will just start selling
things, or have a dumpster delivered and dump everything. After all,
there is only 1848 square feet of workshop full of tools, parts, manuals
and test equipment, not counting the thousands of manuals and data books
in my library in the house. It should take more than two or three
construction dumpsters to get rid of everything. :(
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Don't you dare! Freecycle it first: http://www.freecycle.org many happy
geeks will show up to tote away all the useful stuff, than you gan get
rid of the rest (and save on disposal costs).
-Mike Matthews |
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Michael A. Terrell
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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m1ke dot m477hewz at gmail dot com wrote:
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Michael A. Terrell said:
If I don't manage to get the roof fixed, I will just start selling
things, or have a dumpster delivered and dump everything. After all,
there is only 1848 square feet of workshop full of tools, parts, manuals
and test equipment, not counting the thousands of manuals and data books
in my library in the house. It should take more than two or three
construction dumpsters to get rid of everything. :(
Don't you dare! Freecycle it first: http://www.freecycle.org many happy
geeks will show up to tote away all the useful stuff, than you gan get
rid of the rest (and save on disposal costs).
-Mike Matthews
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I was a member of the local freecycle group, till the moderators
turned into nazis and threw over half the members off, claiming that
they had all violated one unwritten rule or another and refused to tell
anyone why they were kicked off. Also, the group was run under full
moderation which is in violation of Freecycle's corporate rules. As far
as I'm concerned, Freecycle is just a VERY bad joke.
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer |
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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:43275262.4EAADC01@earthlink.net...
| Quote: | "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
Well, then, I guess no one cares if they become a victim of a shill
on
Ebay. Wait until it happens to them.
I only go to E-bay when I need a good laugh. I get so sidetracked
by
the fraudulent ads and stupid sellers that I never do find anything
that
I need.
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True, but that's just a microcosm of the real world. I went to
Microcenter the other day to buy some USB accesories. I wasl ooking at
some cables and another customer said he could get that 6 foot USB cable
on Ebay for four dollars, and they were charging $22.99. I said yeah,
and Radio Shaft or Best Buy or Circuit City or Office Depot want $25 to
$30 (gold plated), and you can drive over to Fry's and buy the samer
cable for $6.99.
Funny part is that I was looking thru the 3 footers for en even shorter
USB cable (for my laptop), and came across a one footer for only $2.99.
Perfect! But I had to double check at the checkout to make sure that
wasn't a typo (it wasn't). So if this very same store can sell a 1
footer for $3 and still make a profit, and it costs only a fraction of a
dollar more for the extra cable to make a 6 footer, then what's the
profit margin on a 6 footer for $23? Must be more than 90 percent!
I think I have it figured out. Everything is going to USB, all the
keyboards, mouses, printers, and other peripherals. So the retail
marketers have all jumped on the 'gouge the customer' bandwagon, to take
advantage of the huge demand. I'm wondering what they are gonna do when
their cash cow dries up when the demand slacks off.
So Ebay, at $6 for a 6 footer ($4 and a couple bucks shipping), looks
like a bargain to the consumer. No doubt about it!
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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"Glenn Gundlach" <stratus46@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4324673F.8AAD5577@earthlink.net...
"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover""
NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
wrote in message news:11i31halkni65aa@corp.supernews.com...
Ebay Item number: 7542264595
Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got
into
a
bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping.
I
bid
on
and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered
one
I
already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage
included.
I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on
Ebay
and
figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a
bit
high,
because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
opportunity
to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have
several
more
auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks
bid
up
the
price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than
the
later
auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the
SOB
won a
few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that
he
might
have been a shill for some seller.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffett said, "..but I know,
it's
my
own
damn fault." Parrot head!
Both made it to Earthlink's news servers.
If you really want an item, don't bid on it. Use eSnipe. They charge
1%
or $0.25, whichever is greater only on items actually won. Their
computer will enter a bid usually 6 seconds before the end (you can
change the time).
As for eBay, 3 motherboards, 4 video cards, some RAM, 5 trackballs, CF
cards, digital cameras. Its really good for out of print books, CDs,
old electronics.
GG
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We had a lengthy discussion about sniping in the newsgroups in the last
year or so. Everyone has their opinion on whether it's worth it or not.
My opinion is that if you already know what the item is worth, how great
your need is, and bid appropriately, then sniping is not going to get
you any advantage. And it takes the fun away. You don't get to know
until the last second whether or not you're going to win. For items
that are buy it now or have a reserve it's kind of pointless. So I
don't see any real advantage, and I'm satisfied without it. But hey, to
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:
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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:
| Quote: | You don't get to know
until the last second whether or not you're going to win.
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Bill Janssen
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
| Quote: | m1ke dot m477hewz at gmail dot com wrote:
Michael A. Terrell said:
If I don't manage to get the roof fixed, I will just start selling
things, or have a dumpster delivered and dump everything. After all,
there is only 1848 square feet of workshop full of tools, parts, manuals
and test equipment, not counting the thousands of manuals and data books
in my library in the house. It should take more than two or three
construction dumpsters to get rid of everything. :(
Don't you dare! Freecycle it first: http://www.freecycle.org many happy
geeks will show up to tote away all the useful stuff, than you gan get
rid of the rest (and save on disposal costs).
-Mike Matthews
I was a member of the local freecycle group, till the moderators
turned into nazis and threw over half the members off, claiming that
they had all violated one unwritten rule or another and refused to tell
anyone why they were kicked off. Also, the group was run under full
moderation which is in violation of Freecycle's corporate rules. As far
as I'm concerned, Freecycle is just a VERY bad joke.
Does Freecycle sell their data base to others? How do they make expenses? |
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Michael A. Terrell
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:
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Bill Janssen wrote:
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Does Freecycle sell their data base to others? How do they make expenses?
Bill K7NOM
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Corporate sponsors pay them to run ads, like Waste Management. In
other words, they have already sold out. The local groups are run as
free Yahoo groups, so it doesn't cost them anything. If you have a
problem with a local Freecycle group don't bother to report it to
corporate. They are too busy finding more money for themselves.
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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news:1126882672.310124.137540@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:
You don't get to know
until the last second whether or not you're going to win.
How does that not apply to a bid placed 3 days before the auction
ends? |
Yeah, I could've been more explicit when I said that. It's sort of like
the saying, "If it wasn't for time, everything would happen at once."
If everyone snipes, then no one knows until the last second that they've
lost. If two people outbid you, and the bidding goes above your maximum
long before the auction is over, then you know long before the auction
is over that you've lost. |
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