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I saw what I thought was an Apple I at a garage sale, but I was not sure. The guy wanted $40 for it, he said, "It's an old Apple computer". Later I checked the interwebs, and sure enough, I passed on a $40 Apple I.
@Sonicslasher: "Due to the irreplaceable nature of this item, I am placing a $3,000 additional fee if the item is chosen to be shipped. I do not do this for the money, I do it to discourage shipping."
@OCEntertainment: Of course, he can write up his shipping fees any way he wants. And, he is totally doing this for the money. What's the alternative? Fly out there, pick it up in person? Pffft...
how do you insure something that is irreplaceable? obviously the buyer wants the apple more than he wants $50k, so insuring it for $50k isn't really the greatest option.
@ripfire: They havent instituted set limits till recently, but they will end an auction when it is excessive. -- Just a way for them to collect more fees, cause they dont get a percent of shipping.
"Be sure to specify shipping costs and related service charges in your listings. It's against our rules to provide unclear or misleading shipping information or to charge unreasonable fees for shipping and related services."
I will never again feel bad about leaving out a closing parenthesis (like he did in answer number two now that I've seen even Steve Jobs sometimes forgets them.
As a follow-up to the Giz trip to the Apple Store post this week, I would love to see the owner of this take the motherboard into the Genius Bar to get help hooking it all up. This is pretty outstanding, and never ending kudos to the two Steve's for such a fine starting point to the modern consumer technology extravaganza we live in today.
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oh man. dude... duuuuuude.
i'll sell you mine for $49k, a real bargain.
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The Ted reference, though... I'm not getting that.
#tips
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Sure, they look personal, until you see how he gets those letters out to people.
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Chief Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Ingester?
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....Is that even legal?
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[pages.ebay.com]
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eBay's policies prohibit this type of action, and his auction will probably be ended early because of that.
[pages.ebay.com]
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"Starting in October, limits on shipping and handling charges* will be in effect for select categories."
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how do you insure something that is irreplaceable? obviously the buyer wants the apple more than he wants $50k, so insuring it for $50k isn't really the greatest option.
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[pages.ebay.com]
"Be sure to specify shipping costs and related service charges in your listings. It's against our rules to provide unclear or misleading shipping information or to charge unreasonable fees for shipping and related services."
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I'm just wondering what the heck a level pot is.
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I knew Apple was the Devil's handiwork!