Subj : Re: Y2K again..? was: Note f To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Mar 25 2020 17:32:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Mar-2020 09:40 <=- 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... :) BM> Last one gets the credit! Yup, generally so, as there is only one line available for that sort of credit.... although, I think I vaguely remember seeing some messages with multiple lines of that sort.... probably something that someone set up on their own.... 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 brick-and-mortar, NB>> though... BM> A lot of times competitors will be shopped to check pricing. Or used BM> to be -- probably now do the same thing we do at home is check various BM> web sites. B&M probably do do at least some of the price-checking in person, locally... of course, there are almost always some "wicked deal" or loss leader sales, but generally they do stay rather close to each other... or boast about how they've got the lowest prices in town... BM> As far as eBay, quite sure they do the same thing amongst each other, BM> just still find it odd there is a large spread even in the low price BM> group: one witl sell for $5 and another $7, though have sometimes BM> found the higher priced is better if look for multiple quantities: BM> need two, so the $5 one is $10 total, but a higher-priced offering is BM> giving discounts if buy more than one. Or one is charging shipping and the other one not.... The thing is that eBay is made up of lots of individual sellers (some from their home, some as a business and some in-between), some of which are going for whatever the market might bear, and some that are just trying to sell for something reasonable... 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.... BM> Ky suggested in another conference (or maybe it was this one) a legal BM> way to move drug and other not-legally-approved monies. Probably another conference, as I don't recall the conversation... but that could also be a factor in some cases.... 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... ;) BM> Every show became annoying! Pretty much, at some point.... ;) And the ones that probably would have held my interest, I'd either not know about or would forget about when it actually showed... or Richard would be watching something else... And now the only TV in the house isn't exactly easily accessible for me.... ;) ttyl neb .... Got a seat-belt on my computer chair... no more ROTFL!! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .