It's not always a sellers market. I've had items that got zero interest for several listings and then on a following listing a few came in and bid it way up. It all averages out. The more something is listed though, the less excitement there is. Then the real value shows up. Take a PicStart for example, at one point these were going for around $200. Now they don't get much more than $130. Someone recently bought an original PicStart for $51 and also got several manuals including the embedded book. It interesting to watch and even more fun to be a part of. Bob Japundza wrote: What cracks me up about ebay is bidders never do their homework. It is a seller's marketplace. I bought one of these manuals two years ago from Digikey...I just checked and they had 32 in stock for $9.95 ea. If I had known that I could get it from Microchip for free I would have asked them for a copy. I just bought a new digital camera and it was typically going for $75-100 more on ebay than what I paid for mine at a retail store. Regards, Bob NCS_ML wrote .. > At 12:23 PM 12/31/03 -0500, M. Adam Davis wrote: > >I can see everyone thinking now: > >"Hmm, I've got one I never use - let's see how much his sells for, then > >list mine..." > > $29.50 shipped. don't all list at once, or the price will plummet. > > Avoid annoying ebay fees! make an offer to the 2nd highest bidder. :-) > ($22 was the 2nd highest bid price, by "herb1diaz") > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11437&item=3575838516 > > >>Thousands of pages, it's like 2" thick, and the pages are those tissue-thin > >>pages. > >> > >>Real-world PIC applications. > >>Sure, it's a little dated, but algorithms don't change, and neither have > >>PIC opcodes. > >> > >>Math routines, PID routines, serial, keyboard, I2C bus, PWM, LCD, etc. > >>Too many to list! > >> > >>Fun reading! No data sheets, just real apps. > >>A lot easier then printing out 100s of application notes. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics Chuck Hellebuyck Electronic Products chuck@elproducts.com **** Home of the BasicBoard Development Platform********* Great for learning, teaching and developing electronic, programmable robotics and other embedded applications. Starter packages from $149.95. http://www.elproducts.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics