Haha, yeah sniping is the only way to win an auction.

I reeeeeally hope this went to an enthusiast, what a prize. If I hadn't
just moved to an apartment in Queens I would have bid!

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 9:39 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
[email protected]> wrote:

>     > From:  Anders Nelson
>
>     > This is crazy, how is this auction not at $5k already at least?
>
> "Patience, grasshopper"! :-)
>
> With these big-budget, rare, items, the real action is always in the last
> few
> seconds. I remember a PDP-11/40 that went from, like $2K (don't recall the
> exact number, too lazy to look it up) to $10K in the last 10 seconds.
>
>     > those last 15 seconds were a deusey!
>
> And who knows how high it might have gone if the seller did not have a
> feedback rating of .... 1!! :-)
>
>         Noel
>
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