24 Jan
2002
24 Jan
'02
5:09 p.m.
Richard Erlacher said:
If they're popular enough in .fi, perhaps we can
save a few landfills
from them by sending 'em to interested parties there.
I'm not sure about other interested parties but I've always wanted
one. Maybe some day...
An Apple IIe is not uncommonly priced at $5 around here (I just bought
one that had a couple of drives bundled with it for $8, though all I
wanted was the PSU) . A IIc is not uncommon at that price either.
It's been a while since I saw more than one ][+ in the same store, but
those seldom cost more than $10, and usually closer to $5. I would
estimate that the freight would exceed that amount by quite a little
bit. Disk drives are often together with these units, though that
propels their cost into the $10-$12 range.
The freight is a definite problem. I once bought a few HP9K/300 items
(total weight around ~400 grams) and with the freight and the currency
transfer the price tripled from the original $20. And I didn't choose
overnight UPS delivery either as it took something like a few months.
It almost seems cheaper to fly there :-)
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jht