Date   : Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:37:57 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: BBC B's and EBay UK...

Madness...

Does anyone keep track of Acorn BBC stuff for sale on EBay UK? I was
just randomly flicking through listings (for general old computing
items, not specifically Acorn) and saw a BBC B on there with an hour
left and a current bid of 50 pounds...

I very rarely look at EBay and have never bought or sold anything on
there - but surely that can't be a typical price? There's nothing in the
description that says this is anything other than a stock BBC. It
doesn't mention the machine having any ROMs other than BASIC (and
presumably OS!). No mention is made of the case condition - although if
faded it *appears* to uniformly so from the photos.

OK, so it comes with a dust cover - but surely those aren't that
valuable? ;-)

It's not even like standard BBC machines are hard to come by. What am I
missing?

(EBay UK doesn't let me see bid amounts under the bid history - is that
just because I'm not a member, or have they removed what would appear to
be a useful feature?)

cheers

Jules