From: Adam Quantrill (aquantrill_at_scigen.co.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 09:14:41 EST
For the real afficionados of rough trackpoint caps I was thinking of offering the
Diamond-Tipped Trackpoint Cap
Cost: £10, lifetime guarantee. Encrusted with industrial-grade diamonds. After all, your finger grows back, your trackpoint doesn't!
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Prices at eBay auctions (TrackPoint caps <G>)
Author: MIME:"STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu> at INTERNET
Date: 12/2/99 1:28 PM
Absolutely! But how are you going to do that? Can you get that nice grainy feeling? I really would want that original feeling (if not even more rough).
...What am I offered for my old ones? For some odd reason I haven't been able to throw them away. ;-)
--STeve Andre'
andres_at_msu.edu
At 09:18 AM 12/2/1999 +0000, Adam Quantrill wrote: >Sounds like good business if you can get it.
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>I was thinking of remanufacturing these as they seem to be an expensive item for what they are. Anyone interested in 20 for £5 inc shipping?
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>- Adam
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>Subject: RE: Prices at eBay auctions (TrackPoint caps <G>) >Author: MIME:"Michael Geary" <Mike_at_Geary.com> at INTERNET >Date: 12/1/99 7:24 PM
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>> From: James H. E. Maugham [mailto:CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com] > Subject: Re: Misappropriated (?) TP600
>>
>> Oh, I'm a firm believer in sniping. I've won most of my auctions > in the last
>> few minutes. But I've also seen an awful lot of them just climb > out of sight
>> as some bidders get hot and are unwilling to "lose" regardless > of what they
>> ultimately pay. The sniping is not proof of shilling, but my > knowing that an
>> item can be purchased at retail for less than it's going for at bid is > adequate proof to me that the price is too high.
>
>Has anyone noticed the prices people pay for TrackPoint caps on eBay? I saw one auction where someone paid $15 plus $4.20 shipping for *ONE* cap. The guy that sells these caps usually gets $6 + $4.20 for one cap. And he's buying them from IBM at $5 for two caps with free shipping, just like anyone else can. Go figure.
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>-Mike
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