2 X Par Excellences on ebay for you to choose from

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Larry
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2 X Par Excellences on ebay for you to choose from

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You can have this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 7477426722

Or, if you prefer, this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 7481001940

Admittedly, the second one has a couple of days to run. Would'nt you
be peeved if you had got sick of waiting for a Par and bought the first one?
I'm not sure of how ethical it is for the seller of the second one to make
reference to the first one, but I guess all is fair in love and war.

Pays to have patience (something I never had)
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Yes, I am very tempted by the second one : I have moved to the USA last week and have to wait for two months for my sea shipment containing my chess computers to arrive...
Buying this Par would allow me to play and to plug other Fidelity computer later with this 110V power supply.

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Post by SirDave »

Alain, welcome to America. I refer often to your website. Hope it's being shipped over with your chess boards. :)

It will be interesting to see how high the Par Excellence that is up for regular bidding goes. The two units are being sold using diametrically opposite approaches to selling a collectible. Personally, I prefer Fidelity's Designer series that I believe has the same Excellence (Designer Display 2000) and Par Excellence (Designer Display 2100 & 2265) program. You get a similar game, but with the extra info from the LCD display.
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Now there's a third:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAR-EXCELLENCE- ... 0967613655?
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Post by Larry »

Alain wrote: I have moved to the USA last week
Hi Alain,
I'm representing the HFNS (Hiarcs Forum Nosey Squad).
Could you please let us know what prompted you to make the move
to the USA? Business reasons?...just not happy with French economy,
perhaps? What part of the USA are you moving to?
In any case, I hope everything works out ok for you. Your English
seems ok, so no language barrier.
all the best,
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Larry wrote:
Alain wrote: I have moved to the USA last week
Hi Alain,
I'm representing the HFNS (Hiarcs Forum Nosey Squad).
Could you please let us know what prompted you to make the move
to the USA? Business reasons?...just not happy with French economy,
perhaps? What part of the USA are you moving to?
In any case, I hope everything works out ok for you. Your English
seems ok, so no language barrier.
all the best,
Larry
Hi Larry,
no problem with France at all, I just wanted to have a new experience, both on the professional and personal point of views, i.e. this is not a "one way" move and we will return to France in a few years.
And this is in Seattle's area (weather is ok so far ;-) )

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Hi Alain,

Hope you the best in your new experience. By the way are your leaving your collection in a secret basement like Steve has?

secret basement regards
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Hi Alain
I did not read your first post, your collection is coming by ship great. I believe they come in a secret basement then.

Atlantic ocean regards
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Hi Ricardo,
ricard60 wrote:Hi Alain
I did not read your first post, your collection is coming by ship great. I believe they come in a secret basement then.

Atlantic ocean regards
Ricardo
actually, I lent two of them to a very good German friend in case the ship sunk :wink:

Playing safe regards,
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Post by SirDave »

One Par Excellence gone for $113. Probably less than the guy was expecting, but that's what happens when an allegedly rare collectible ends up on eBay with several others.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-FIDELITY-P ... 0879644846?
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Post by Christian »

Alain wrote:Hi Ricardo,
ricard60 wrote:Hi Alain
I did not read your first post, your collection is coming by ship great. I believe they come in a secret basement then.

Atlantic ocean regards
Ricardo
actually, I lent two of them to a very good German friend in case the ship sunk :wink:

Playing safe regards,
Alain
Still there and running smoothly, both of them.

Amicalement

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Alain wrote:
Larry wrote:
Alain wrote: I have moved to the USA last week
Hi Alain,
I'm representing the HFNS (Hiarcs Forum Nosey Squad).
Could you please let us know what prompted you to make the move
to the USA? Business reasons?...just not happy with French economy,
perhaps? What part of the USA are you moving to?
In any case, I hope everything works out ok for you. Your English
seems ok, so no language barrier.
all the best,
Larry
Hi Larry,
no problem with France at all, I just wanted to have a new experience, both on the professional and personal point of views, i.e. this is not a "one way" move and we will return to France in a few years.
And this is in Seattle's area (weather is ok so far ;-) )

Alain
And the famous Paris tournament will be Seattle tournament maybe?

New Tournament regards
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ricard60 wrote:And the famous Paris tournament will be Seattle tournament maybe?
yes, on top of the Space Needle :wink:

More seriously, Steve and I will probably share the remote slot...

But my computers are still crossing the Atlantic regards,
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Post by compguy »

Just bought the $500 Par Excellence

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 7477426722

For $89 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... CA:US:3160

Patience does work!
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compguy wrote:Just bought the $500 Par Excellence

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 7477426722

For $89 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... CA:US:3160

Patience does work!
Well done! IMO there are too many Pars out there to justify $500, but $89 is very reasonable. If I was spending a few hundred for a plastic board it would be for a Fidelity Designer 2265 or somesuch.
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