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Re: One word: Classifieds
At 11:59 PM 8/16/96 EDT, Robert Dewar wrote:
>I would say that you are both right, it is true that you could get
>$1200 for that machine, and it was also true that it was not worth
>nearly that much. What this shows is that if you are inclined you
>can certainly try to sell a machine for more than it is worth (to
>someone who knows what things are worth) if you manage to find
>someone who does not know what things are worth!
You know Robert, just a few months ago when people were bitching
about how unnecessarily expensive some new 1 Gig hard drive from IBM was,
you were right out there telling people that its worth whatever people will
pay for it and IBM was justified in selling it for whatever they felt like.
Well, it works two ways buddy. The fact of the matter is that
computer *is* worth $1200--to someone, even if its not you. And Evan Brown
proved it.
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