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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:25:34 GMT, marcb
wrote:

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Any other eBay users spot the various errors in the 'Standard's
****-poor reporting of this? "Oooo! Look! They can get station dot
matrix displays for just 99p!" Yeah, right, apart from the fact that
the listing screen-grab they showed was clearly too small a display,
it had reserved price on a starting price of 99p, with a "Buy it Now"
of £180 - all hints that nobody was going to get it for "just 99p"!!
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:25:34 +0000, marcb wrote:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3858472

And?

We have to use ebay at times given some of our equipment is 20 years since
end-of-line. Nasa have bought stuff off ebay before, sometimes it's the
only way to get them. Not a problem either, as long as you test the stuff
you buy (as you should when you buy new too)

In article ,
(Paul Weaver) wrote:

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:25:34 +0000, marcb wrote:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3858472

And?

We have to use ebay at times given some of our equipment is 20 years
since end-of-line. Nasa have bought stuff off ebay before, sometimes
it's the only way to get them. Not a problem either, as long as you test
the stuff you buy (as you should when you buy new too)

Precisely. When I saw the Standard placards I thought "good for them"!

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