RE: Z80 pods, 2 versions...

At 10:06 AM 3/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:02 PM 3/14/00 -0800, John wrote:
>>Well, what would you like me to do?

Carry on the good work
The comments below express my sentiments
exactly, I have always found john most helpful
and i beleive his expertise to be invaluable to
the list.

regards Pete (invadar)

>John,
>
> Continue to do exactly what you're doing. You have every right to make a
>profit. I don't know what Brendan does for a living but I don't see him or
>anyone else giving away his service or product for free so why should they
>expect you to?
>
> My 2 cents worth,
> Joe
>
>
>>I send out lots of email looking for
>>one unit, and several come back with various assortment of units and pods
>>that they want to sell as a set. They do not like breaking up sets. I have
>>made private trades with folks for these, plus I have sold some off. We
>>have a business here to run, and I need to make money to support it. So I
>>buy them wholesale, then I see that some on eBay went for a fair dollar, I
>>should give them away?
>>
>>Do your own hunting, all that I have bought have been through thorough
>>research on the web. I bought a bunch of damaged probes and am fixing them
>>up, should I not profit from this service? I bought a bunch of Z80 pods in
>>various states, so I fix them and test them. Again, should I not do what my
>>skills enable me to do? This is MY livelihood!
>>
>>John :-#)#
>>
>>At 10:35 AM 3/14/2000 -0600, Keith, Brendan wrote:
>>>So you're buying up more pods and accessories than you need,
>>>then ebaying them to maximize your profit, thus taking them off
>>>the market except to the most well-heeled buyers, whether
>>>hobbyist or not?
>>>
>>>Brendan Keith
>>>brendan.keith@wilcom.com
>>>
>>>
>>> > ----------
>>> > From: John Robertson[SMTP:jrr@flippers.com]
>>> >
>>> > Unfortunatly I have a shop to support, not just a hobby...so I tend to
>>> > eBay
>>> > the things...I have three Z80 pods, five probes, and a 8048 pod
>>> > currently...Last Z80 sold for $183US, and last probe I got $125
>(including
>>> >
>>> > postage)...plus I have one 9010A base with RS-232 (tested)...
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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>>
>>
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>
Received on Thu Mar 16 11:17:54 2000