15 Dec
1998
15 Dec
'98
8:04 a.m.
Doug Yowza wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, James Willing wrote:
As I recall, the first one I saw offered on eBay sold for somewhere around
$750 or so. I talked to the gentleman who bought it, and his comment was
that it was in mint condition, included peripherals like floppy disk drives,
and complete documentation. Two things I remember about that auction: 1)
Don't keep making bids throughout the whole bidding process as it only
drives the price up (my inexperience <sigh>), and 2) the person who offered
it for bid forgot to put a reserve price on it, and stated in an added note
that he reserved the right not to sell it if he didn't get at least $25.00
for the setup! He had bought this stuff new years ago.
Not that I want to start a bidding war (or then
again, why not?) so lets
say that it could be had for $600 plus shipping, with a possibility of
part/all trade for something similarly really cool! (tho I could really
use the $$$)
Speaking as a cheap bastard who would never pay this much for a Sol, I'd
like to see it offered on eBay just to see what it would fetch. The last
one I saw sell there brought $300, but it was non-working, and it was
before a certain money-is-no-object bidder joined the fray.