Date   : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:33:29 +0100
From   : anders.carlsson@... (Anders Carlsson)
Subject: eBay auction prices

Rick Murray wrote:

> The box is worth more than the computer!

Well, usually not. An empty box often sells for little money unless it is in 
very good condition. It is the combination of box + item, preferrably a way 
to link them together that makes the difference.

> Oric-1 selling for ?2.20 (with ?8 postage)

2 days, 18 hours to go. You have never heard about snipers, have you?

> Master for a pound (and a tenner postage)

8 days, 21 hours to go and no sign of a Buy It Now price. That poor Master 
was probably listed so recently nobody got to start bidding on it yet.

Anyway, I was bidding on a Master yesterday. That seller quoted shipping to 
Sweden is ?29. The one you just linked to has quoted ?50 shipping to Sweden, 
for an identical machine. I understand there are a few options (Parcelforce, 
Parcel2Go, various company discounts etc, seller listing incorrect postage) 
but a difference of ?20 is quite a lot.

Best regards

-- 
Anders Carlsson