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Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover
- Jan 1, 1970
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A few days ago on Ebay I bid on 100 Zetex ZTX651 high current
transistors. I figured that $20 would be a fair price, so I bid $20,
but I lost the bid by several dollars. Well, I got an email from
"secondchance at Ebay" saying that the seller would accept my $20 bid
if I agreed. Well, ol' Watson wasn't about to be outsnmarted, so I
declined, and didn't reply. I figured that he would put 'em up for
bid again, and I would bid even less, like $17, and someone would
outbid me, and then he'd send another second chance, for $17, and I
would then take him up on the offer.
So he did put another batch of 100 up for bid, and I bid $17, hoping
for the above. So I waited patiently for someone to outbid me. But
the highest the bidding went was $6.00! So I got them for six bucks
plus two and a half for shipping. Made out like a bandido!
So the rule of thumb is to _be_patient_ and never bid too much for
components. Always underbid, and then don't worry if you're outbid at
the last minute. You will always have another opportunity to bid on
the same parts later. Or maybe someone will send you a second chance
email. ;-)
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Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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transistors. I figured that $20 would be a fair price, so I bid $20,
but I lost the bid by several dollars. Well, I got an email from
"secondchance at Ebay" saying that the seller would accept my $20 bid
if I agreed. Well, ol' Watson wasn't about to be outsnmarted, so I
declined, and didn't reply. I figured that he would put 'em up for
bid again, and I would bid even less, like $17, and someone would
outbid me, and then he'd send another second chance, for $17, and I
would then take him up on the offer.
So he did put another batch of 100 up for bid, and I bid $17, hoping
for the above. So I waited patiently for someone to outbid me. But
the highest the bidding went was $6.00! So I got them for six bucks
plus two and a half for shipping. Made out like a bandido!
So the rule of thumb is to _be_patient_ and never bid too much for
components. Always underbid, and then don't worry if you're outbid at
the last minute. You will always have another opportunity to bid on
the same parts later. Or maybe someone will send you a second chance
email. ;-)
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###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:###
http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/databank.htm
My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it
goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the
Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 <at> hotmail.com
Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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