Just for the record, I hate the methodology below: Are auctions no longer a valid way to determine value?
> I told him start with buy it now for $2000 with best offer, leave it > to see what kind of watchers and interest he gets then lower the price > until a sale is made. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2015, at 15:08, william degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I told him start with buy it now for $2000 with best offer, leave it > to see what kind of watchers and interest he gets then lower the price > until a sale is made. > That said, because you're asking for the item > to be shipped, the seller can refuse on that ground, you have a > Mexican standoff. I believe it's ok to say Mexican standoff because > that's a historic not racial reference, having to do with 19th century > Mexican history. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > wrote: >>> From: Josh Dersch >> >>> the seller and I failed to reach an agreement >> >> You were very nice to try and work with the person; if they couldn't take >> that >> on board, and in return come to some agreement that you could be happy with, >> they're being some combinations of greedy and unreasonable. >> >> I have to agree with other people: an open auction was held, and the value of >> the item was determined by that to be.... $5. End of story. >> >> Noel > > > > -- > Bill > vintagecomputer.net
