"Greg O" wrote in message
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On Dec 23, 2:26 am, "todd" wrote:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/tls/252707189.html


LOL.. I find things like that humourous also. He probably paid a mint
for it, and somehow, in his mind, there is enough residual value left
in it that he can't throw it away. Computer 'deals' are often like
that. You know the guy paid thousands for that 300 DPI laser, way back
when, and now hopes to get $ 500.00 for it....oh..needs drum and fuser.

But why $ 19.00??? He didn't think he'd get $ 20.00?

Thanks for that.

r


Yep! I just bought a used laptop from my employer. He was asking $500. I
just laughed at him and said I would give him $200 and not a penny more.
His come back was that the computer cost him $2500, plus he just loaded
Win XP Pro a few months earlier which cost him $300. I told him fine, but
for $500 I could darned near buy a new laptop, with more RAM, a bigger HD,
wireless, and Ethernet port He finally gave up, and I got the 'puter for
my price!
Greg
I knew someone who took his house off the market after 6 months because he
couldn't sell it for what it was worth. I tried to explain to him that it
was worth what people were willing to pay, but he knew better.