[rescue] San Antonio, TX area rescue

[Dave McGuire]

On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 10:02 PM, <ed at the7thbeer.com> wrote:
> You didn't win the "auction".  You convinced the seller to end the
> auction.  Slight difference.

   True.

>> there...the simple fact remains that nobody here ever had any real 
>> shot
>> at those machines on personal finances with all the dealers running
>> around on eBay, unless they're a lot wealthier than they let on.
>
> And so you're the ultimate judge of that eh?  Rather specious 
> reasoning in
> my opinion.

   Yeah, yeah.  Of course I'm not the ultimate judge of that or anything 
else...But I am realistic.  Is there anyone here that would shell out, 
from their personal finances, say $30K for two computers on eBay?

> So I take it you offered the seller a *fair* price then.  After all, 
> that
> would be the only right thing to do in light of the circumstances,
> especially since this is going to benefit the company.  Or am I 
> mistaken?

   Let's put it this way...he made quite a bit of money on this deal, 
and I got a really good deal also.  "Fair" is subjective...On one hand, 
these machines would probably cost $200K or more from a used equipment 
vendor.  On the other hand, there is no guarantee if they work, or if 
they're even complete.

         -Dave

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Dave McGuire                 "You don't have Vaseline in Canada?"
St. Petersburg, FL                     -Bill Bradford