I wrote:
> I _almost_ bought myself a car at the show. A Ferrari Berlinetta! Yes,
> I even knocked the guy down to half his asking price... well, actually,
> it was his idea of an offer. It was a nice green metallic colour with
> spoke wheels. Well, I thought about it, but in the end I decided not
> to part with my $15... oops, did I forget to mention it was an old Matchbox
> car? Silly me :-)
>
> ... I wasn't sure of its worth... I still haven't looked
> up the value. Some other of the guy's stuff was over-priced, so we suspected
> his half-price offer brought the car down closer to its actual value. So
> in the end I didn't trust him and the car was probably worth much less.
I felt I owe y'all a followup...
Last night I looked it up (although me book is a few years old now) and it
was listed as $25 - $30. Looks like the bloke's original price was right
on (although it wasn't in _mint_ condition) and I passed up on a "bargain"!
Oh well...
Garry Archer Esq. archer@hsi.com
3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
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