Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:19:37 04/06/05
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On April 06, 2005 at 23:05:58, Dick Schneiders wrote: >On April 06, 2005 at 20:43:37, Steve B wrote: > >>The two Fidelity Designer Mach III auctions i posted the other day have now >>closed >> >>one ended at $156 with no box and manual: >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5181135845 >> >>while the other ended at $215 in box with manual: >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5180288182 >> >> >>advanced calculus tells us that $215-$156=$59 >>(i double checked my calculations with a slide ruler) >> >>if we surmise that perhaps $11 was deducted for the faulty F3 led for the >>boxed Mach III, we would get an even $70 for the value of the box and manual >> >>a significant percentage of the final price of the semi-naked Mach III(a fully >>naked Mach III would also be sans the pieces) >> >>CPA Regards >>Steve > >Steve, > >There is one little bit of information on the "naked" Mach III that I bought >tonight that you are missing. > >While I was somewhat interested in this computer, as I don't have one, I was not >going to spend very much since it had no box, manual, and was missing a white >pawn. Then, upon looking at the picture closely, I noticed that the replacement >white pawn looked like a Phantom pawn! > >I emailed the seller, and he confirmed that he did have a complete set of >Phantom pieces that went with a Phantom he had years ago, and no longer had. >All he had were the pieces. My brain was spinning, as one of my 3 Phantoms >still had no pieces, and as we emailed back and forth, he offered me the set of >Phantom pieces, free of charge, if I won the Mach III. > >So, you need to factor in a complete set of Phantom pieces in the price I paid. > >Sorry to mess up your math. > >Dick Schneiders Smart , very smart and stealth move- IMO . Don't worry about the Steve's math, the Sarbanes-Oxley people will review that in great detail later in the year. By then, his math should be running fine and Steve should be on his way to a full recovery from his nervous breakdown that he will suffer once he reads your post and realized and you had "out mathed" the mathster on "Stealth Phantom Pieces". Office of Redundancy Department Regards, Michael
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