Author: odell jones
Date: 13:18:23 11/09/04
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On November 09, 2004 at 16:09:45, Steve B wrote: >As our trusty moderator Mike Byrne cautioned..there might be a problem with this >auction > >some collector's have discovered that the photo's of this auction are exactly >the same as an auction for another Tasc which sold about 2-3 weeks ago >in that auction the seller was from Great Britain and the buyer was from Germany > >the winning price was over $2275 USD so the chances of this computer being sold >by the winning German buyer to the current US seller and then the current seller >offering it for $1000 is unlikely > >even the metallic suitcase is present in both auctions >highly unusual because Tasc did not sell a suitcase like this > >even much of the auction description is verbatim..word for word > >there exists the possibility of course that the seller is merely using the same >photo's because he cannot make photo's of his own >but one would have expected for him to mention something like that in his rather >lengthy auction description and of course mention that the briefcase is not part >of the auction. > >all of this coupled with the fact(as Mike so rightly pointed out)that you have a >NEW Ebay seller with NO FEEDBACK..leads one to highly question the sellers >intentions > >i have sent an e-mail to the seller asking him to explain the photo situation >(about 5 hours ago)..no reply as of yet > >i will post the reply..should i ever receive one > >the current auction: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5933189471 > >the old auction: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5927425471 > > >Cautious Regards >Steve Does the Tasc play Grandmaster level Chess? If not what is the point of owning it, if you can get a 486 to play stronger chess and just set up a regular board when you play?
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