[Amps] Big Hopes and Pipe Dreams

David Kirkby david.kirkby at onetel.net
Sat Jul 9 08:48:06 EDT 2005


Will Matney wrote:
> I seen this wattmeter on eBay and had to show it over the price. Take a look at the meters needle plus the power capability. 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48701&item=5788047705&rd=1
> 
> I guess anybody can ask a price, getting it is another story. Only thing I can think it must have a gold chassis inside.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Will
> 
That's a long way from the most overpriced auction I have ever seen.

Once someone wanted $750,000 for an old supercomputer that could take 
over 100 CPUs. The problem was there was few if any CPUs, parts were 
missing, and even if you got it working a couple of Pentiums would have 
eaten alive.

Sometimes when you point out to a seller his price is well OTT they will 
accept a reasonable offer. I recently bought a HP 5370B time interval 
counter that way. The seller wanted $850, I offered him $350 and we 
struck a deal. The fact it cost over $20,000 when new (only 10 years 
ago) is largely irrelevant.

PS,
If you never see this auction for an RF amplifier, then take a look now, 
which I archived, as I thought it was so funny:

http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/ebay-auctions/bad-amplifier.pdf

Also worth a laugh on my site (although not an auction) is this article.

http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/audiophools.pdf



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