(OT) Would you pay $99.99 for a USED 1gb Flash Drive

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Am I missing something, (like gold plating)

Or do they really think someone is stupid enough to pay $100 for a USED
1gb flash drive?

PNY Mini Attache 1 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
Buy it Now for - Only $99.99 on Ebay

eBay item number: 131733242123

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-Mini-Attache-1-GB-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-P-FD1GB
U3-MINI-RF-/131733242123?hash=item1eabe9c10b:g:nakAAOSwMHdXSMdO

And for an additional $15.99 you can get a one year warranty on it.
-WOW-

But at least the shipping is Free....

And it has a "Make an Offer" option.

I wonder if they would accept my offer of $1.00?

I'm tempted to do it....
 
oldschool@tubes.com wrote:

Am I missing something, (like gold plating)

Or do they really think someone is stupid enough to pay $100 for a USED
1gb flash drive?

PNY Mini Attache 1 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
Buy it Now for - Only $99.99 on Ebay

eBay item number: 131733242123

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-Mini-Attache-1-GB-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-P-FD1GB
U3-MINI-RF-/131733242123?hash=item1eabe9c10b:g:nakAAOSwMHdXSMdO

And for an additional $15.99 you can get a one year warranty on it.
-WOW-

But at least the shipping is Free....

And it has a "Make an Offer" option.

I wonder if they would accept my offer of $1.00?

I'm tempted to do it....
Click to expand...
I've got an old eBay listing on my wall at work, for two "Les Paul" oil-
paper capacitors for buy-it-now price of $145. These are the huge ones
about a half-inch diameter with color stripes. I don't even know how the
seller determined they were Les Paul capacitors, but that apparently made
them VERY special!

Jon
 
On 6/7/2017 2:58 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
I've got an old eBay listing on my wall at work, for two "Les Paul" oil-
paper capacitors for buy-it-now price of $145. These are the huge ones
about a half-inch diameter with color stripes. I don't even know how the
seller determined they were Les Paul capacitors, but that apparently made
them VERY special!
Click to expand...

Because at the time the Les Paul guitars were made, they used the
Sprague Black Beauty caps.
They're crap, but these guys won't listen to reason. "Got'ta have 'em."


--
Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi
http://www.foxsmercantile.com

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On Wed, 07 Jun 2017 03:58:13 -0400, oldschool@tubes.com wrote:

>Am I missing something, (like gold plating)

I could answer that, but I'm trying to recharge my karma after a week
of screwups and mistakes.

Or do they really think someone is stupid enough to pay $100 for a USED
1gb flash drive?
Click to expand...

No, but there's a sucker and at least two crooks born every minute.

PNY Mini Attache 1 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
Buy it Now for - Only $99.99 on Ebay
eBay item number: 131733242123
Click to expand...

<http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=131733242123>

>I'm tempted to do it....

The secret to long life is to never waste energy resisting temptation.

The high prices are not an accident, robotic anomaly, or conspiracy.
You can sort almost any popular item by price (high price first) and
see many absurdly high prices. This should explain some of it:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ffyhe/eli5why_do_some_normal_items_sell_on_ebay_at/ck933dw/>
There are other reasons, such as money laundering, price-bots gone
insane, and putting a temporary hold on sales, without dropping the
listing, while the owner goes on vacation. I did the last one once
(and only once) when I had some test equipment for sale that I didn't
want to relist. So, I priced several items at 10x what they're worth
and left the area. When I returned, I discovered that someone had
"bought" one of my overpriced items. It wasn't difficult to cancel
the sale, especially since the buyer was shopping with a stolen credit
card number.


--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
 
Jon Elson wrote:

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I've got an old eBay listing on my wall at work, for two "Les Paul" oil-
paper capacitors for buy-it-now price of $145. These are the huge ones
about a half-inch diameter with color stripes. I don't even know how the
seller determined they were Les Paul capacitors, but that apparently made
them VERY special!
Click to expand...

** Means they were extracted from a 1950s Gibson "Les Paul" guitar amplifier.

Commonly known as " bumble bee" caps.

I had a couple of leaky ones a while back and threw them out.


..... Phil
 
Phil Allison wrote:

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** Means they were extracted from a 1950s Gibson "Les Paul" guitar amplifier.

Commonly known as " bumble bee" caps.

I had a couple of leaky ones a while back and threw them out.
Click to expand...

** Forgot the pic:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0340/1069/products/KBEP022_1024x1024.jpg?v=1401926958



..... Phil
 
On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 23:02:09 -0700 (PDT), Phil Allison
<pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

Phil Allison wrote:
** Means they were extracted from a 1950s Gibson "Les Paul" guitar amplifier.
Commonly known as " bumble bee" caps.
I had a couple of leaky ones a while back and threw them out.

** Forgot the pic:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0340/1069/products/KBEP022_1024x1024.jpg?v=1401926958
.... Phil
Click to expand...

Egads. They're everywhere:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=bumblebee+capacitor&tbm=isch>

Eventually, they hatch into something else:
<http://s72.photobucket.com/user/LPCustom/media/DSC03253.jpg.html>

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
 
On 7/06/2017 5:58 PM, oldschool@tubes.com wrote:
Am I missing something, (like gold plating)

Or do they really think someone is stupid enough to pay $100 for a USED
1gb flash drive?
Click to expand...

**I don't know anyone dumb enough to pay $100.00 for ANY kind of 1GB
flash drive. I would bend down to pick one up. They're now freebie
items. OTOH, a 1TB flash drive is a different thing. Easy worth $100.00.
Maybe a couple of hundred. 1GB is worth, maybe, $1.00. Tops.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 7/06/2017 5:58 PM, oldschool@tubes.com wrote:
Am I missing something, (like gold plating)

Or do they really think someone is stupid enough to pay $100 for a USED
1gb flash drive?


**I don't know anyone dumb enough to pay $100.00 for ANY kind of 1GB flash
drive. I would bend down to pick one up. They're now freebie items. OTOH, a
1TB flash drive is a different thing. Easy worth $100.00. Maybe a couple of
hundred. 1GB is worth, maybe, $1.00. Tops.
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I was wondering if the seller messed up, confusing terms so it's actually
a larger capacity drive.

I paid ten for my first couple of 1gig flash drives, I forget when, a
decade or so ago I'd say. And they had dropped in price by then. Now
one can get much greater capacity for the same or less price.

I suppose a seller might think in terms of "rarity". I think 1gig drives
have disappeared, at least from regular outlets. It seems a waste to use
a larger size one for when you only need low capacity, but it's sure not
worth paying $100 for it. Maybe the seller thinks there are instances
where the larger drive was too large, but while that did happen in the
days of hardware hard drives, and I have digital cameras that won't
makeuse of larger capacity memory cards, I don't think computers have
problems with "too large" flash drives.

Michael
 
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