Advent 4211 Atom 1.6GHz Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 netbook

Compact, very usable, very portable.
A great little laptop, this was my main work machine in between MacBook
Pro and the iMac.

<http://is.gd/qSuI>

<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220390786079>

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Pd

Pd wrote:
> Advent 4211 Atom 1.6GHz Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 netbook
> 
> Compact, very usable, very portable.
> A great little laptop, this was my main work machine in between MacBook
> Pro and the iMac.
> 
> <http://is.gd/qSuI>
> 
> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220390786079>
> 


This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your 
subject line as: FA (for auction).

John  wrote:

> Pd wrote:
> > Advent 4211 Atom 1.6GHz Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 netbook
> > 
> > Compact, very usable, very portable.
> > A great little laptop, this was my main work machine in between MacBook
> > Pro and the iMac.
> > 
> > <http://is.gd/qSuI>
> > 
> > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220390786079>
> 
> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your
> subject line as: FA (for auction).

Nor is it a Mac, but at least it is in fact a netbook.

Are you seriously suggesting that putting something on an eBay auction
does not mean it's for sale? So when the auction closes, have I sold it
or not?

-- 
Pd

Pd wrote:
> John  wrote:
> 
>> Pd wrote:
>>> Advent 4211 Atom 1.6GHz Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 netbook
>>>
>>> Compact, very usable, very portable.
>>> A great little laptop, this was my main work machine in between MacBook
>>> Pro and the iMac.
>>>
>>> <http://is.gd/qSuI>
>>>
>>> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220390786079>
>> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your
>> subject line as: FA (for auction).
> 
> Nor is it a Mac, but at least it is in fact a netbook.
> 
> Are you seriously suggesting that putting something on an eBay auction
> does not mean it's for sale? So when the auction closes, have I sold it
> or not?
> 

I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to 
reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific 
amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction 
site.

John :
> Pd wrote:
>> John  wrote:

[...]

>>> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your
>>> subject line as: FA (for auction).
>> 
>> Nor is it a Mac, but at least it is in fact a netbook.
>> 
>> Are you seriously suggesting that putting something on an eBay auction
>> does not mean it's for sale? So when the auction closes, have I sold it
>> or not?
>
> I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to 
> reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
> recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific 
> amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction 
> site.

This is ridiculous pedantry.  An auction is a type of sale, specifically
one where the price is, over a period of time, augmented (this is where
the word comes from).

The item is for sale.  Currently, it is for sale for 0.99GBP.  That price
may, or may not, be increased, if there is sufficient interest in the
item.

b.

-- 
                                       <URL:http://bas.me.uk/>
      `Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come e`, bisogna che tutto cambi.'
       -- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, _Il Gattopardo_

Ben Shimmin wrote:
> John :
>> Pd wrote:
>>> John  wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your
>>>> subject line as: FA (for auction).
>>> Nor is it a Mac, but at least it is in fact a netbook.
>>>
>>> Are you seriously suggesting that putting something on an eBay auction
>>> does not mean it's for sale? So when the auction closes, have I sold it
>>> or not?
>> I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to 
>> reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
>> recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific 
>> amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction 
>> site.
> 
> This is ridiculous pedantry.  An auction is a type of sale, specifically
> one where the price is, over a period of time, augmented (this is where
> the word comes from).
> 
> The item is for sale.  Currently, it is for sale for 0.99GBP.  That price
> may, or may not, be increased, if there is sufficient interest in the
> item.
> 
> b.
> 

What a load of absolute bollocks. Can I buy this item now? No. So how 
can it be for sale?

John :
> Ben Shimmin wrote:
>> John :

[...]

>>> I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to 
>>> reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
>>> recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific 
>>> amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction 
>>> site.
>> 
>> This is ridiculous pedantry.  An auction is a type of sale, specifically
>> one where the price is, over a period of time, augmented (this is where
>> the word comes from).
>> 
>> The item is for sale.  Currently, it is for sale for 0.99GBP.  That price
>> may, or may not, be increased, if there is sufficient interest in the
>> item.
>
> What a load of absolute bollocks. Can I buy this item now? No. So how 
> can it be for sale?

Because an auction is a type of sale.  It's one that takes place over
a period of time, with the price increasing.  There is a seller, and a
buyer; there is also an intermediary period where bids are placed in
order to determinte the end price.  It's not really very hard to
understand.

If you feel so strongly about this -- and clearly you must, since you
felt the need to use such emotive language -- perhaps you should suggest
that an amendment be made to the charter.

b.

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                                       <URL:http://bas.me.uk/>
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      with a solid interest in IT.

John  wrote:

> I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to 
> reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
> recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific
> amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction
> site.

Okay. A point of netiquette, then.

-- 
Pd

John  wrote:

> Ben Shimmin wrote:
> > John :
> >> Pd wrote:
> >>> John  wrote:
> > 
> >>>> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your
> >>>> subject line as: FA (for auction).
> >>> Nor is it a Mac, but at least it is in fact a netbook.
> >>>
> >>> Are you seriously suggesting that putting something on an eBay auction
> >>> does not mean it's for sale? So when the auction closes, have I sold it
> >>> or not?
> >> I am seriously suggesting you change your subject line in future to
> >> reflect an auction rather than an item for sale. It is usually 
> >> recognised that if an item is for sale, you are looking for a specific
> >> amount of money for it, not it going to the highest bidder on an auction
> >> site.
> > 
> > This is ridiculous pedantry.  An auction is a type of sale, specifically
> > one where the price is, over a period of time, augmented (this is where
> > the word comes from).
> > 
> > The item is for sale.  Currently, it is for sale for 0.99GBP.  That price
> > may, or may not, be increased, if there is sufficient interest in the
> > item.
> 
> What a load of absolute bollocks. Can I buy this item now? 

Yes. Make me an offer that I find too attractive to refuse, and I'll
sell it now.

> No. So how can it be for sale?

I have announced my intention to sell it, via auction. If somebody wants
it now and makes a good enough offer, I'll sell it to them and cancel
the auction.

-- 
Pd

On 5/4/09 20:28, John wrote:
> Pd wrote:
>> Advent 4211 Atom 1.6GHz Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 netbook
>>
>> Compact, very usable, very portable.
>> A great little laptop, this was my main work machine in between MacBook
>> Pro and the iMac.
>>
>> <http://is.gd/qSuI>
>>
>> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220390786079>
>>
> 
> 
> This is not for sale, as it has no buy it now option. Please mark your 
> subject line as: FA (for auction).

So, that's told you!

-- 
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com