LOLPRICE

[paulb]

has he got his comma and decimal point symbols confused ?

Unless that's a dig at the pricing, probably not. Numerous countries employ the comma and point (or dot) in the opposite sense to that used by the United Kingdom and numerous other countries.

[baz4096]

Unless that's a dig at the pricing, probably not. Numerous countries employ the comma and point (or dot) in the opposite sense to that used by the United Kingdom and numerous other countries.

I think what Ukwebb meant was that the seller might have entered the price with a period decimal point, into a system that uses a comma decimal point. I think it might be simply that they've not entered any decimal point.

[PJTech]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196022075761

Erm, I don't really even know what to make of this one. Can it possibly be genuine? £575 for an old PC floppy drive cable
But don't worry! It can be careful sent via DHL

[Ukwebb]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196022075761

Erm, I don't really even know what to make of this one. Can it possibly be genuine? £575 for an old PC floppy drive cable
But don't worry! It can be careful sent via DHL

If you're desperate, don't worry he has loads!!!

[baz4096]

Someone probably adding items to take advantage of a free listing event. Note the "TMP" reference they've put in each item, they'll edit them later and replace with the correct details.

[PJTech]

Someone probably adding items to take advantage of a free listing event. Note the "TMP" reference they've put in each item, they'll edit them later and replace with the correct details.

Ah! I've previously wondered about listings where people have at least stated the actual item for sale but then said something like 'more details to follow' - I was always confused as to why they couldn't just list it with the details in the first place but I suppose a work-around to the free listings would make sense.

I'm going to guess that this guy's TMP reference thing probably breaches their terms. I had a brief issue where a whole load of items had what looked like a UUID as their description and a load of random words.... They happened to be triggered by one of my saved searches and spammed the results for a couple of weeks.

[c0burn]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404651783839 ... Sw5CZlZ45e

Missing everything and £80......

[HHH]

Someone probably adding items to take advantage of a free listing event. Note the "TMP" reference they've put in each item, they'll edit them later and replace with the correct details.

I think it's probably as you say someone creating placeholders for proper adverts, probably to take advantage of a reduced final valution fees event rather than free listings, they're pretty common .

[Lardo Boffin]

I get an 80% off fees offer pretty much every two weeks but it only lasts a few days.

[HHH]

This may or may not qualify for a LOL Price (Subjective of course)

Regardless of that can someone please explain the appeal of Atom other than, I assume fewer than the rest of the range were produced?

This example does look in very nice condition, but I am truly struggling to comprehend the winning bid, plus postage!

Cheers H

[Ukwebb]

simple rarity i guess , and two bidders fighting for the rare item

[HHH]

Do we know definitively how rare vs a BBC B for example just out of interest.

[james]

Perhaps https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4321 could be extend to include Atoms?

[arg]

Perhaps https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4321 could be extend to include Atoms?

You can probably find estimates of the number made if you dig hard enough, but direct comparison won't tell the whole story. There's a lot of BBCs around because schools carried on using them for 10+ years and they built a big legacy (and also sold-off or gave away those machines when they'd finished using them), while Atoms, popular enough when they were new, soon got superceded and thrown away.

[paulb]

simple rarity i guess , and two bidders fighting for the rare item

Two ARM shareholders, maybe.

[c0burn]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186309938496 ... media=MORE

[thecellartroll]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186309938496 ... media=MORE

Two rather pricey sticky labels!

[spanners]

"Good visual condition"

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[Lardo Boffin]

A nice cheap Atom…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176252496464 ... media=COPY

[BeebMaster]

"Not able to test" = not able to push plug into wall and jack into Atom ??

[wiggy]

... also "unable to copy name of product from photos into description without adding typos".

[BeebMaster]

Oh yes, I didn'tt spott thatt before!

[Prime]

"Not able to test" = not able to push plug into wall and jack into Atom ??

To be fair, it could be that they don't have a suitable monitor for it e.g. one with Analog UHF. Yes *WE* know that you can get composite mono from PL4 but they might not....and still might not have anything that accepts that.

It's still LOLPRICE tho.

Cheers.

Phill.

[BeebMaster]

Yes, but you can press BREAK and then CTRL-G and get a Beep to prove it works though?

[Prime]

Yes, but you can press BREAK and then CTRL-G and get a Beep to prove it works though?

Yes if you *KNOW* to do that, not everybody does (I always forget that too).

Cheers.

Phill.

[Multiwizard]

Yes, but you can press BREAK and then CTRL-G and get a Beep to prove it works though?

Yes if you *KNOW* to do that, not everybody does (I always forget that too).

Cheers.

Phill.

I confess I confess me too LOL

[flaxcottage]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276354886486 ... R5qe66q9Yw

For a LISP disk? I GAVE some of these away recently.

[VectorEyes]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276354886486 ... R5qe66q9Yw

For a LISP disk? I GAVE some of these away recently.

Well there's the price someone's asking, and the price that people are willing to pay, and sometimes their distributions are completely disjoint.

[Lardo Boffin]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276354886486?itmmeta=01HQNATSW8TAKA2EDBM3PF29VW&hash=item405808eb56:g:PKMAAOSwpttl3R9r&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwJft7AmkNRKYaTIlzt0ZDaUzrcpAKS0tbQY%2FCudsdcSUjqM40uagHCKJ1OJcHiQddWB02Rtiuy57qRkp5WcNpTw74l8bkZ307neh8Uw5A%2FD031PO40uiasVIXR5n0WfCXJDxfvaJd%2BvK629dbVMf47m4wBT%2B8SEHZoMNpwnWRV%2FIOzSJEezBk5wBBzoOnHjCamVITsuKxVovhlNQDAcMNLi2mQFMW5XMRtL6z04lOjxgs5nmBeEUw%2FlUrqdiKUi%2FGg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5qe66q9Yw

For a LISP disk? I GAVE some of these away recently.

Got any more original language discs to give away?

£90 is crazy but I don’t remember seeing one of those on eBay before which makes it ‘rare’! Apparently at least.

[flaxcottage]

Got any more original language discs to give away?

No, sorry. My profligacy is at an end. I am hanging on to the remaining Acornsoft languages due to fond memories from BITD using them for teaching. If any more come my way and I can remember who asked I'll let you know.