Date   : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:25:37 +0100
From   : andrew.hancock@... (Andrew Hancock)
Subject: eBay Pricing Psychology Discussion - was Re:

>The BBC eBay auction that amuses me the most is this one:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-VINTAGE-ACORN-BBC-B-32K-COMPUTER-MINT_W0QQitemZ2
90306846254QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?>hash=item4397a2ee2e&_t
rksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1690%7C240%3A1
318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
>
>"RARE" - only 1 million BBC Bs were sold, so yes, they are very rare!
>"MINT" - the machine has had a ROM board installed, and is pictured with
the 
>lid off. For me, 'mint' would mean that (at least) the machine had only
ever 
>been opened by an Acorn dealer.
>?120!!!! - WTF. There may be quite a few bits and pieces with the machine, 
>but that's at least double the maximum I would pay.

>But somehow he doesn't seem to get the message that no one's interested,
the 
>same listing has been going round and round for months.

>Regards

>Michael

I wouldn't pay ?120 for it either, but I'm sure someone will eventually. But
to be fair to the listing, in the 1980s there might have been 1 million
working BBC Bs, but how many working are there around today?

rare - occurring very infrequently

maybe not on ebay!

To me, MINT means, sealed in the box! Un-used.

What makes me laugh the most is:-

"A Vintage Computer That Will Only Appreciate In Value", I think you'd be
dead before you got more than ?120+?15 carriage for it! So you'd have to
leave to your kids. (and they'd probably chuck it in the skip!)

Good Luck to him and his efforts.