[Coco] $200 for an SDC was crazy?

[Joel Rees]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 12:16 PM, rietveld rietveld
<rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Could just be someone who is going to use the profit to pay for his trip to cocofest, where he will be able to buy another one for $70
>

LOL

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>   Original Message
> From: Kevin Becker
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] $200 for an SDC was crazy?
>
>
> That's probably overthinking it.  I think it's just hoping to take
> advantage of either uninformed users or people who have a lot more money
> than time.  I've worked with executives who literally engage IT workers
> earning six figure salaries to load movies on their iPad.
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you think it might be money laundering? Use stolen credit cards,
>> pretend to ship it back and forth?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:05 AM, Deny Wilson <deny.wilson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > That link led me to this one
>> > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/TRS-80-Gaming-Bundle-Lot/
>> 272953735969?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%
>> 3D20131227121020%26meid%3Dcaf83fe3afbe4714b21329851725
>> 8ac8%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D273113937945%
>> 26itm%3D272953735969&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982>.
>> > What's with all these ridiculously priced items?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:49 PM, rietveld rietveld <
>> rietveldh at hotmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I had to check the calendar.   I thought it was April 1st when I saw the
>> >> listing
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
>> >>   Original Message
>> >> From: David Ladd
>> >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 4:26 PM
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>> >> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] $200 for an SDC was crazy?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Tim,
>> >>
>> >> You are right that it is crazy and now the price is $318. :(  Keeps
>> going
>> >> up.
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Tim Fadden <t.fadden at cox.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Check out this price!
>> >> >
>> >> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/273113937945?ul_noapp=true
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Tim Fadden
>> >> > "Hey Schmidt, don't forget about the six P's.
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>> >> >
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>> Joel Rees
>>
>> One of these days I'll get someone to pay me
>> to design a language that combines the best of Forth and C.
>> Then I'll be able to leap wide instruction sets with a single #ifdef,
>> run faster than a speeding infinite loop with a #define,
>> and stop all integer size bugs with my bare cast.
>> http://defining-computers.blogspot.com/2017/06/reinventing-computers.html
>>
>> More of my delusions:
>> http://reiisi.blogspot.com/2017/05/do-not-pay-modern-
>> danegeld-ransomware.html
>> http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/p/novels-i-am-writing.html
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Joel Rees

One of these days I'll get someone to pay me
to design a language that combines the best of Forth and C.
Then I'll be able to leap wide instruction sets with a single #ifdef,
run faster than a speeding infinite loop with a #define,
and stop all integer size bugs with my bare cast.
http://defining-computers.blogspot.com/2017/06/reinventing-computers.html

More of my delusions:
http://reiisi.blogspot.com/2017/05/do-not-pay-modern-danegeld-ransomware.html
http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/p/novels-i-am-writing.html