To Joerg & Dr. Mike Re: dirty calculators Message #4 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 14 Feb 2010, 10:48 p.m., in response to message #3 by Michael Meyer
"once fixed, can I call this calculator mint or even NIB?"
Dr.Mike;
I guess you could call it one of those but here's a way to make sure. Someone posted the following in about 2000 or 2001 so you might have seen it then. Five or so of the more cynical definitions are mine.
-EBAYese to English DICTIONARY-
Hard to Find = It's the only one I'm auctioning today.
Rare = "It's the only one I'm auctioning this week.
Very Rare = It's the only one I'm auctioning this month.
Unique = It's the only one I'm willing to sell.
Seller Prefers Paypal = I want your money and I want it NOW.
Mint = It looks more-or-less like it did when I bought/inherited/salvaged/found/stole it.
Minty = It's mint (q.v.), except for the funny green sauce I dribbled on it while eating lamb chops the other night.
M.I.B. = Mint In Box, but the item and box got slammed in the tailgate at the flea market.
New in Box (NIB) = I bought this with the sole intent of selling it for many times what I paid for it.
Nice = Looks great - doesn't work.
Complete = Except for the valuable, hard-to-find bits required to make it work.
Not Tested/Sold As-Is = 12VDC? 120VAC? There's a difference?
Like New = Like running over it with a car could really be that bad for it.
With Extras = I didn't feel like auctioning the manual, battery door, and case separately.
Buyer protection on eBay = We have your money. What's your problem?
I'm no expert on this.... = broken
I don't have batteries to test it = broken
I don't know how to test it = broken
It worked last time my dad used it = broken
Reserve Price = Cost of an item in Heaven - the SELLERS Heaven.
No Reserve = none needed in light of the outrageous miniium bid.
Buy It Now = ...for twice what it's worth, or risk paying three times as much to stave off snipers.
Joerg; That's a great idea you have there - wiping the dirt off your hands on a T.I. first, before using an RPN calculator. I'm going to start doing that! ;-)
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