Author: A. Zanchetta
Date: 12:38:15 05/01/05
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On May 01, 2005 at 13:42:09, Steve B wrote: >a reasonable price at just over $300 >this one looked mint > >the winner was a Collector from Norway.. >with the unusually high shipping costs from the UK ,the winner would do well to >let the seller keep the 19 books > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5187984951 > >Cost Effective Regards >Steve Hi Steve, I was really tempted by this computer, filled the bid form and... looked again to the auction's description: 1) there was no explicit sentence telling that the computer was working perfectly, 2) the seller had only four positive evals, only one of them being from a buyer 3) and there was at that time only one bidder that I knew In addition, I asked the seller more than one week ago if he would accept to ship to France and he only answered today. So, I did not take the chance and closed the browser (not completely as I watched the auction as a spectator). I'm wondering which criteria do other collectors have to decide if an auction is too risky. timorous regards, Alain
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