Reminds me of a saying "A fool and his money are soon parted"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin McLemore" <kmclemore@hotmail.com>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: I swear, eBay must be a parallel universe...
> Remember in Superman there was Bizzarro, the evil Superman twin who lived
in
> an opposite world? Well, eBay must be some sort of similarly twisted
> parallel universe... I never cease to be amazed by the prices people get
for
> stuff. First there were the $800 bottles of "Plastigoop" (for those of
you
> who never made "Creepy Crawlers" this is doubtless lost on you), and now
> there comes this item:
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=601353159
>
> It's just a bloody vacuum/boost gauge, people... get a grip, for crying
out
> loud.
>
> (Oh, and check out the timing of the bids, too.. everybody clamors in at
the
> last 50 seconds. I didn't even bother to bid - it was already WAY out of
my
> range DAYS ago.)
>
> Sheesh. I swear, eBay is going to turn what was once a joe-sixpack hobby
> into a 'for the wealthy only' gig just like every other fun thing in life
> these days... sigh.. I see the hobby slipping away before me.
>
> Kevin McLemore
> 67 Alpine
> 59 Renown
> (...and *brand-new-in-the-original-box* Judson - yes, really - for a
> Sprite/Morris/Austin, awaiting a worthy Morris Minor Traveller - but that
> gauge just sold for more than I originally paid for the entire blasted
> supercharger! Wonder what I'd get for THAT on eBay? [No, it's not for
sale])
>
>
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