Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber board was out of production.
> Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion > boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber > board was out of production.
Shhhh. I was planning to buy a bunch of the cards and put them up on eBay. Just kidding.
Seriously, is Tony considering selling them on eBay like Vince started doing with his 4MB cards? It definitely has a wider audience exposure than a2central or the newsgroups. Hats off to Tony for using a price that's really much below the going price in the auction market.
On Jul 17, 5:09 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion > > boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber > > board was out of production.
> Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion > boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber > board was out of production.
The GarberStreet board is being produced by Briel, whose web site seems to be having problems, or I'd give you the link.
To: pitz On 7/17/08 7:23 PM, in article 07740cec-aadd-40c3-b5f3-8e9900802...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, "pitz"
<pitz.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seriously, is Tony considering selling them on eBay like Vince started > doing with his 4MB cards? It definitely has a wider audience exposure > than a2central or the newsgroups. Hats off to Tony for using a price > that's really much below the going price in the auction market.
To: Steven Hirsch On 7/17/08 7:05 PM, in article mdGdnRcwK6mxQ-LVnZ2dnUVZ_gadn...@giganews.com, "Steven Hirsch"
<snhir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion > boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber > board was out of production.
16sector.com, run by Tony Diaz (formerly with CCC/Altech) is selling /NEW/ 8MB Sirius cards for $179 ... available now, today, shipping extra. We've chatted it up here and posted all kinds of info over at A2Central.com.
> > Not sure I follow... Is someone actually building 8M IIGS memory expansion > > boards as an alternative? Pardon the naivety, but I thought even the Garber > > board was out of production.
> The GarberStreet board is being produced by Briel, whose > web site seems to be having problems, or I'd give you the link.
The 8meg boards are just awesome, and I like the price because it gives people a good choice of cards. I Ebay every now and then just to do a little marketing and I try to knock a couple bucks off the price. I don't want too much business, my hobby would be like work. Although with the new feedback system I may stop using ebay.
> The 8meg boards are just awesome, and I like the price because it > gives people a good choice of cards. I Ebay every now and then just to > do a little marketing and I try to knock a couple bucks off the price. > I don't want too much business, my hobby would be like work. Although > with the new feedback system I may stop using ebay.
vbr...@oh.rr.com wrote: > I Ebay every now and then just to > do a little marketing and I try to knock a couple bucks off the price. > I don't want too much business, my hobby would be like work. Although > with the new feedback system I may stop using ebay.
Vince, do you really have that much trouble with buyers? Or is it just a matter of principle?
The reason I ask is that the old system made it very unlikely that a dishonest seller would get bad feedback, because of the likely retaliation. That undermined the whole principle of feedback reflecting actual experience, making it much less useful in engendering trust.
eBay's new seller rating system provides even more helpful information to a prospective buyer.
Many sellers will always be willing to take some risk to make money, while buyers need never take the risk of buying from an unknown seller (and many do not because of adverse stories)--which would damage the market.
This is analogous to the "brick and mortar" market, where businesses are rated and have reputations to protect, while their customers just walk in off the street. A credit card is the only "reference" they might need.
> vbr...@oh.rr.com wrote: > > I Ebay every now and then just to > > do a little marketing and I try to knock a couple bucks off the price. > > I don't want too much business, my hobby would be like work. Although > > with the new feedback system I may stop using ebay.
> Vince, do you really have that much trouble with buyers? Or is it > just a matter of principle?
> The reason I ask is that the old system made it very unlikely that > a dishonest seller would get bad feedback, because of the likely > retaliation. That undermined the whole principle of feedback > reflecting actual experience, making it much less useful in > engendering trust.
> eBay's new seller rating system provides even more helpful information > to a prospective buyer.
> Many sellers will always be willing to take some risk to make money, > while buyers need never take the risk of buying from an unknown > seller (and many do not because of adverse stories)--which would > damage the market.
> This is analogous to the "brick and mortar" market, where businesses > are rated and have reputations to protect, while their customers just > walk in off the street. A credit card is the only "reference" they > might need.
> "The wastebasket is our most important design > tool--and it's seriously underused."
I've never had a bad buyer, one seller took months to get my item to me but I have 100% feedback. I still use ebay, so I'm not totally against it. I just think that if a buyer decides he isn't going to buy it after he wins, there is no negative feedback option. There is no way to warn other sellers of a potential bad buyer. That's the key, the feedback was suppose to be a tool that worked both ways. I do agree that revenge feedback is wrong and should never have been allowed. They should have had appeals for negative feedback though. It just seems lopsided. While ebay can be considered a seller/buyer marketplace, it is also a place where a transaction is held. If one party of the transaction doesn't hold up his/her (political correctness inserted) end of the deal, it is only fair that appropriate feedback be left. It should never have been a 3 choice selection but rather a scale of 1-10 like they have now for sellers. I like that idea better.
Ebay doesn't have to worry about attracting "new" customers worried about feedback. The worlds largest online auction is doing just fine business wise.
For the record, when I do sell a board on ebay, everybody pays right away which is a credit to the community. Since the new ebay feedback system isn't that old, I'd like to see how it goes but I have to admit, I get a little anxious every time I list an item now.
