Pete wrote: > I agree. > > On 8/8/07, rwh <rwh at visi.com> wrote: > > > > Even if they are the same computer I don't quite see where you fit into > > the transaction(s). > > > > Someone had a G4 PB that they were willing to sell at $200. The buyer > > turns around and tries to sell it for $650. I don't see the problem. > > > > --rick > > Some time ago I was driving down a road, and saw a business having a going out of business sale. I stopped in to see what they had, a bunch of desktop computers and stuff. In the corner they had a cisco 1841 router with two v2 T1 DSU cards in it, and a 2950-24 switch. Feigning some disintrest I told the guy that I'd give him $150 for them both. He accepted and I paid cash and took off with them. After 3 phone calls and about 45 minutes I had the switch sold for $150 cash and the router and DSU cards sold for $900 cash. The guy buying the router from me treated me about the way I treated the guy I bought the stuff from, he was over like a shot, paid cash, was on his way. Now, I know he knew the real value of that router (closer to $1500) Even used those DSU cards go for $500 each all the time. I didn't bother telling him what I paid for it, or why I was willing to sell it cheap (that the markup I was getting was more than enough for me considering the time I had in to it) and I'm sure he wouldn't have believed me even if I told him I paid $150 for it. What is the value of a used piece of equipment? What a willing seller will accept from a willing buyer. In the case of this laptop it looks like the value changed a bit. Why do you care again exactly? -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070808/079f8a6f/attachment.pgp