+OLD CS1 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Not mine, but looks very neat. Good pictures in the auction, it appears to not be a smart device (no CPU.) https://ebay.com/itm/126616145778 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 800 dollars?! Yes, it is a rare device and enough desired for people to consider replicating but it seems out of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 7 minutes ago, carlsson said: 800 dollars?! Yes, it is a rare device and enough desired for people to consider replicating but it seems out of the world. Yeah, the price gave me a foul taste, as well. I would not expect to pay more than a couple hundred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 9 hours ago, carlsson said: 800 dollars?! Yes, it is a rare device and enough desired for people to consider replicating but it seems out of the world. The seller has offered $100 off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Oh, did you make an offer and got a counter-offer? Well, in my book $100 should be enough on its own for this device. I believe the market value was around $50 around 2006. While all vintage computing and gaming items have become more valuable in the past 10-15 years, it seems silly if the value would increase by 1500% or whatever it is. But hey, as long as you have a number of auctions per month for free before someone puts a bid on them, eBay becomes a shopping window where you can put things for sale at whichever prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 45 minutes ago, carlsson said: Oh, did you make an offer and got a counter-offer? Well, in my book $100 should be enough on its own for this device. I believe the market value was around $50 around 2006. While all vintage computing and gaming items have become more valuable in the past 10-15 years, it seems silly if the value would increase by 1500% or whatever it is. But hey, as long as you have a number of auctions per month for free before someone puts a bid on them, eBay becomes a shopping window where you can put things for sale at whichever prices. Hehehe No. It is a little trick that I pull. If you watch an item, in most cases you will get an offer from the seller. So I watch items sometimes just to see what the seller will offer. As neat as this is, and the fact that I have no practical use for it, I do not see any reason to pay more than a couple of hundred dollars for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Aha. It sounds like the seller knows it is overpriced if they contact everyone watching the item and making offers on the side. Does eBay really allow that, even if the sale takes place through the platform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 52 minutes ago, carlsson said: Aha. It sounds like the seller knows it is overpriced if they contact everyone watching the item and making offers on the side. Does eBay really allow that, even if the sale takes place through the platform? It is a feature built in eBay if you are a seller. I have used it in the past for my own items where I may have several people watching and nobody jumping so I can send a blanket offer to everybody. It does not and cannot be used to send offers to individual or specific people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Ok, so it wasn't a special price just for you, it was a special price to everyone watching the item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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