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In article <CJ9KHI.3EH@usna.navy.mil> dfr@usna.navy.mil (PROF D. Rogers (EAS FAC)) writes:
>In article <2gi1j6$c3l@news.u.washington.edu! wexler@u.washington.edu (Carlos Wexler) writes:

>!!!!ZOOM 2400 modem ext.			$60.00 OBO

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>!!
>!!I'm really tired of people telling others that their prices are too high.
>!!The reason I do it, is for giving me some room for bargaining. If one is
>!!interested in buying it, and they think the price is too high, then they can
>!!make an OFFER! hence the OBO after the $60.00!	[Jesus]
>!
>!Don't be ridiculous and begin by posting a reasonable price, it's a waste
>!of time otherwise. I would not even think about making an offer to someone
>!that has a price twice or three times as much of what the article should be 
>!worth...
>
>On the other hand, sometimes the seller does not know what the
>current new price is. So, if you are interested in the article
>talk to them and say ....Egghead has it new for xxxx how about
>xxxx/2 since there is no warrenty etc..... You might just buy it
>at a very good price!
>
>Dave Rogers

Thank you Dave.  When I originally made the price for that post I didn't know
the going rate for the modem.  I did see it for $75 in Computer Shopper, so
I made it $60.00 in hopes that someone might offer me $40 or something.  SO
far everything else I was selling went that way, so why not the modem.

And I do believe that a private email is the best way to tell someone their
price is too high, instead of plastering it all over usenet.

Jesus M. Rodriguez
pr@umiacs.umd.edu