28 Aug
2023
28 Aug
'23
3:07 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 2:24 PM Brad H via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Sometimes. But a lot of times it's just simply
trying to get as much as
possible, which I guess is rational economic behavior. And the fault for
the high prices is us collectors - ye who bid thousands for old Apple IIs
or $3500 for a Microswitch keyboard.
This topic is at least as old as the list itself :D
I've been hunting for a Sanyo MBC-16 like the ones
we had in our
highschool.. there's one on ebay right now.. but despite another previously
selling for less than $300 the seller is absolutely locked to $999. And he
might be right, someone more motivated than me and to whom $1000 is no big
deal might reward his patience.
There's one in Germany that's in much nicer shape. You probably can't do
anything about the $154 shipping but you can probably negotiate the $323
asking price as it's open to offers.
I've seen that happen with items that sat
literally for years on ebay
before selling pretty close to asking.
I finally sold a MITS Altair 8800 1K Static Mem board last month. I had it
listed for $1,200 (accepted $1,100). What made it special were the
(8) Intel C8101 static RAM chips, each of which is worth a small fortune.
I was willing to sit on it until the right buyer came along, and he did.
Guilty as charged :)
It's too bad the various collecting communities
can't have the disarmament
equivalent of SALT talks and maybe agree to not keep feeding the beast.
Although I suppose on the upside, the high values mean stuff that might
otherwise get discarded survives.
I think I've come up with a nice way to get that accomplished through good
old market dynamics (i.e. voluntarily) with a subtle twist.
Sellam