Subj : Y2K again..? was: Note f To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Mar 13 2020 09:40:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> And probably more the latter. Vaguely recalling I knew ahead of time BM>> the software was no longer registerable; at least by the attempt to BM>> register I was showing appreciation. NB>> Yup. And another way to show appreciation is to keep using it... NB>> although, admittedly, often there'd be no way that anyone would NB>> necessarily know that you were... BM> Right: I don't think 'Sedit' shows up anyplace on my source taglines. NB> Not that I've seen... MultiMail gets credit, though... :) Last one gets the credit! BM>> I have Googled for information on products/devices and have clicked to BM>> old and expired listings -- sometimes get "auction ended August 14, BM>> 1997" so some very old information is being kept. Just haven't seen BM>> or figured out how to get to the initial listing date on eBay; Amazon BM>> usually has it. Oh well. Did find a paperback I brought in as part BM>> of my giveaway was listed $44-90 -- history on a local univeristy. BM>> Gave that one to one of the receptionists: her father had attended and BM>> seemed to imply there was more than just going there. (And no, I BM>> didn't tell her the price spread I had found.) NB>> From what Richard says, the price spreads on EBay can be totally NB>> ridiculous... one really does have to have a clue what something is NB>> worth before thinking of buying it there... but by the same token, NB>> one can also get some really good deals there.... :) BM> Agree! Though just like shopping at brick-and-mortar stores one site BM> will have a super-low price while another rather high. If don't BM> know/look around may not be getting a decent deal. NB> Less likely to have that sort of price spread at NB> brick-and-mortar, though... A lot of times competitors will be shopped to check pricing. Or used to be -- probably now do the same thing we do at home is check various web sites. As far as eBay, quite sure they do the same thing amongst each other, just still find it odd there is a large spread even in the low price group: one witl sell for $5 and another $7, though have sometimes found the higher priced is better if look for multiple quantities: need two, so the $5 one is $10 total, but a higher-priced offering is giving discounts if buy more than one. BM> ...Trying to sell an item at $100 when everyone else is $20 makes no BM> sense: too easy to look around. NB> But probably enough people don't look around, and do take the NB> first price they see, for the sellers to get away with it.... Ky suggested in another conference (or maybe it was this one) a legal way to move drug and other not-legally-approved monies. BM>>>> Ah-ha! You do know some TV!! NB>>>> I didn't say I had had NO exposure to TV.... Some things do NB>>>> stick even if only seen on occasional basis at friends' houses.... ;) BM>>> True. "Waste of time" probably comes to your mind frequently! NB>>> Some times just "distraction".... which isn't always bad... BM>> True: provides relief, or a mood-changer (preferably to happy). Often NB>> it just gets me annoyed, another reason not to seek out TV for me... ;) BM> Some (most!) of the shows have no interest to us. Remember a few BM> shows we stopped watching just because 'annoying' - can have a BM> bad/mediocre show occasionally but.... NB> And that's a large part of my just not bothering with TV at all NB> any more... ;) Every show became annoying! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Annoying: Two people who go right on talking when you're interrupting. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .