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Anyone know what version this is?

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/271624783912?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

It's got a '2325' metal plate so I'm guessing it's at least V6. But there
is no dash with the usual extra digit giving the version number.
It's being sold as a bare board, so buyer beware.
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Re: Anyone know what version this is?

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Larry wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/271624783912?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

It's got a '2325' metal plate so I'm guessing it's at least V6. But there
is no dash with the usual extra digit giving the version number.
It's being sold as a bare board, so buyer beware.
Larry
V6 it is
same 6117 model number as mine
i dont think i ever saw a V6 with a 6117-6 model number or any other model number actually

Now Where Is The Date Code Regards
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Post by Sargon1972 »

Hello .

Well number missing ore not ,a very nice 2365 if u ask me, i am curious the sell price will be

Big $$ regeards,Hans
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I am from Netherlands and many years involved with computerchess
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The bidding is frantic on this undoubtedly defective.. naked.. V6
in fact it seems there are a bunch of folks asking the seller to close the auction early.. to go around Ebay .even with dozens of bids already placed
so many that the seller felt he had to add this plea to the auction description:

"PLEASE, DO NOT SEND OFFERS TO BUY OUTRIGHT. I WILL NOT END THE AUCTION EARLY FOR ANY AMOUNT AS IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO OTHER BIDDERS. I HAVE RECEIVED MANY, MANY, OFFERS, UP TO $1200. BUT, IT DOES NOT MATTER, IT IS AN AUCTION AND FAIR IS FAIR.... ALSO,,THE BOOK IS INCLUDED IN SALE, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO CHANCE OF US HAVING THE POWER SOURCE OR MEN. THANK YOU, STEVE"

Utterly Disgraceful Regards
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Post by Brian B »

Well, one bidder is responsible for most of the bids. Whoever that is, they really enjoy the bidding process.

I asked the seller a question a couple of days ago, and then the highest offer was $500, so the offers are climbing! For the record, I didn't make an offer.

This seller may have been better off not showing the manual as it looks like it is spotted with mold. Makes me wonder how the main unit was stored, too.

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Brian B wrote:Well, one bidder is responsible for most of the bids.
This seller may have been better off not showing the manual as it looks like it is spotted with mold. Makes me wonder how the main unit was stored, too.
Also note that in most auctions the early repeat bidders don't end up
winning the auction. For machines rare and collectible you can rest
assured the snipers are waiting...
Regarding the mould on the owner's manual and therefor the questionable
condition of the machine, it (the machine) does seem to look ok. The seller comes across
as honest, IMO. The winner can expect to have to replace quite a few
bad reed switches, but that's an easy enough job.
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Larry wrote:
Brian B wrote:This seller may have been better off not showing the manual as it looks like it is spotted with mold. Makes me wonder how the main unit was stored, too.
Regarding the mould on the owner's manual and therefor the questionable
condition of the machine, it (the machine) does seem to look ok.
It is well known that mold spores spread through airborne transmission and can infect anything within a very large radius
while this V6 might look good superficially on the surface , I bet an examination inside the computer would reveal a Mother board covered in thick crusty mildew and eproms discolored a deep green

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Bidding has reached historic levels with 88 bids from 8 unique bidders
with more then a day to go ...the price is $1025(as i write)

color me skeptical but that plea by the seller to keep things honest seems to have too much information in it..it just dosent sit well with me
why mention the highest price he was offered?
perhaps to jazz up the bidding?
wouldn't surprise me if that one bidder fueling all of this activity is the seller himself

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88 bids, but mostly from the same billy goat sitting at his computer
doodling. Maybe it's someones' three year old having some fun? :lol:
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Post by Larry »

I think I submitted my last post without first reading Steve's. I also
wondered why he revealed the amount of an offer to buy it now. I'm
wondering why he is shipping to the USA only. This just shuts out
wealthy European bidders.
I'm sure if it was me, I'd go right out of my way to get hold of a
suitable power adaptor and check that it works. If it does, then tell
the world the comp works, this doubles it's value. I'm wondering if
he's pulling the old "no adaptor-can't check it" trick.
Countdown to the auction closing.
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US$1825. (AUS)$2085
For a bare board. May or may not work.
The sniper added $400 on top of the highest bid about 10 secs before
the end.
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the same bidder who placed 80+bids on the V6 ..and lost anyway.. is now at it again with this Berlin Pro
its the guy with 6 Transactions

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565

Repeating the same exact behavior over and over and expecting a different outcome is one definition of...

Insanity Regards
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Perhaps this particular Berlin Pro has a better class of mould?
Chess is like painting the Mona Lisa whilst walking through a minefield.
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Steve B wrote:the same bidder who placed 80+bids on the V6 ..and lost anyway.. is now at it again with this Berlin Pro
its the guy with 6 Transactions
I wrote to the seller asking for more photos including at least one
showing it working. He sent me, but no one else, a couple more
photos, but neither of them showing it working. Then he sent me
another message. Here it is:
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hello
I sell, is the same as the one you see on the pictures, the same, I buy new in 1993 it is user, but practically no used.
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He's a French Canadian. I thought they taught the Canadian kids both
English and French.
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Monsieur Plastique wrote:Perhaps this particular Berlin Pro has a better class of mould?
Perhaps but the now infamous"Bidder 6" is making Ebay history with 70+ bids on this Saitek President:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565

a review of his bid history reveals a breathtaking 401 bids in the last month
i imagine his Win/Bid Ratio hovers around 1/3 of 1 %

Bid Until You Drop Regards
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