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Offline wheel83

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why is this so expensive ?
« on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 01:40:39 »
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Offline wumpyr

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 02:40:06 »
wow, I guess it has collector status, which seems to give licence for exorbitant prices. even so, $565?!
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Offline D-EJ915

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why is this so expensive ?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 06:12:53 »
that guy's on a crack pipe, the AT doesn't even have the plastic that goes on the back and covers all the labels.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 08:06:42 »
The price started at $149 which is certainly questionable but not exorbitant like the current bid is.  Either this is getting Nigerian-scammed, the seller is using another account to artificially inflate the bidding, or a***u is a retard.
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 08:31:55 »
I saw that listing late last night and wondered the same thing.  Even the shipping is way over the top at $50.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 23 February 2009, 08:32:39 »
They better shipping it in a gold box.
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Offline gwanghoops

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 03:42:00 »
Sold for $898!!!

If you check eBay for collectibles, you'll always find the occasional crazy bidding wars from guys with low ratings, but you have wonder about the winning bidder with a rating of 111.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 03:50:39 »
If you look into the seller's feedback you'll find this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250358583404

A NIB Dell 316sx computer from 1990 that sold for $3000.

Two bidders bid that amount. One had a 3259 feedback, the winner had 509.

Can't be true. :confused:

Looking again, the 3259 one seems to be a professional buying agent. So maybe it is true. :eek:
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 03:57:02 »
The buyer of that Dell is from Japan as well (assuming the buying agent is japanese). He also bid on the Model M in the first post and has bought several items from ncbound10, which seems to be one of the bigger vintage keyboard sellers.

Doesn't look like a scam, just crazy collectors.
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Offline gwanghoops

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 04:12:00 »
Quote from: lowpoly;22582
The buyer of that Dell is from Japan as well (assuming the buying agent is japanese). He also bid on the Model M in the first post and has bought several items from ncbound10, which seems to be one of the bigger vintage keyboard sellers.

Doesn't look like a scam, just crazy collectors.


How'd you figure this out?  Doesn't ebay hide most of the buyer's ID, making it hard to figure out their bidding history so you could unravel schill bidding and unscrupulous sellers.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 04:19:49 »
The feedback has the real names but if you click the "View Item" link you'll see the encrypted name which will be the same for other auctions.
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Offline gwanghoops

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 04:56:06 »
Quote from: lowpoly;22586
The feedback has the real names but if you click the "View Item" link you'll see the encrypted name which will be the same for other auctions.


aahh...you manually cross referenced the encrypted names by watching the bidding histories, but I guess there isn't a method to do this conveniently.
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