Re: Has anyone ever

From: zolo (zolo_at_nospam.net)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:11:19 -0500

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> zolo <zolo@nospam.net> wrote in
> news:d145e8$5gl$1@misc-cct.server.rpi.edu:
>
>
>>Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Bought stuff off these people :-
>>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1486&item=5760
>>>618 239&rd=1
>>>
>>>Their deals seem a little too good to be true.
>>
>>
>>The auction you referenced doesn't seem to be too good of a
>>deal, it's about average.
>
>
> Ok maybey it's just that these things have dropped significantly in price
> over the last few years, bougt a similar system (at work) recon from SGI
> about 4 years ago and cost a couple of thousand pounds :(
>
> Though they do seem much cheaper on ebay these days.
>
> Phill.

Yes, I can sympathize. I bought a reman. R10K 250MHz O2
from SGI in 1999 for literally almost 30 times what one
sells for today!

-zolo