Date   : Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:59:49 +0100
From   : me@... (me@...)
Subject: reading data from old hard disk

On 27 Jun 2009, at 14:44, Alex Taylor wrote:

> Some people seem to put stuff up with ridiculous starting bids or BIN
> prices, but eventually someone bites, so the practice continues.
>
> I've got an Apple Powerbook 180c that I bought off eBay for a fiver,
> including the charger. I've been looking for spares because I got it
> to boot, then soon after broke the ribbon cable that connects the LCD
> screen. Someone on eBay is currently selling an 'untested' monochrome
> one with no power supply - for ?65 buy-it-now.

This is the market economy though, right? Something is only worth what  
someone else is prepared to pay for it. That is, by definition, the  
value of an object.

There's some psychological factors in play as well - as higher  
starting price can often encourage higher bids.

-- 
David Glover
http://www.davidglover.org/