9 Feb
2010
9 Feb
'10
8:30 a.m.
Hi,
Not?!? I suspect that selling something nice and clean
and - most important - without the remark
"untested and sold as is" will bring way more. It's easy to test the
plotter. On eBay "untested"
usually is an euphemism for "I tried to get it working but it didn't work. But I
won't tell you
that. Just know that I guarantee for nothing".
As I posted below: I could provide one. Will probably put it on eBay and post
the link.
Regards,
Philipp
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http://www.hachti.de
There's a small dent, less than 1mm deep. The
shadows in the photo make
it look bigger than it actually is. Some Bondo car-body filler would
probably take care of that in short order.
Yes, but that has to be done. I had a
563 not lifting the pen correctly over such a little dent...
It's easily done. Cheap. And takes less than one hour of work.
Other thing is to replace the rubber belts inside (for the paper roll drive). But
that's not too
important.
2. It is
dirty.
Oh noes! It's old, what do you expect? I've found that spending time
on cleaning things I put on ebay (beyond wipe the dust off with a rag)
rarely helps the sale price. I find it amusing when people on here say "oh,
that's not rare, it so
trivial to find them." In 99% of cases, it's not. Just because you
might have a stash of something doesn't mean that there's any more
available from anywhere else.
I find those plotters on a regularly basis. Not one
time several units. But one here, one there etc.
The first came from scrap, the second for EUR 1 from eBay (complete with cables), the
third one came
with the 11/40 (that cost me some money - about a quarter of the transport costs). The
fourth (long
one) was luckily found elsewhere. And between all finds lay several months. And they were
not
related by any means. So I can say that those units are still dropping in from time to
time.
What I don't have are the ink pens. I'm still looking for them.
BTW it's the same with Teletype ASR33 and 35. In fact it's not always easy to get
rid of those if
they're not in pristine condition.
It takes real work, luck, and/or a lot of
cash to find a lot of computer stuff that's more than 20 years old.
Some work,
yes. Or probably cash. But not both :-)
4. No pen. It
will be challinging to get a pen holder for
the plotter.
Shrug. I can't help there. I got the plotter in mostly the same
condition as what I'm selling it in (they're cleaner now than before).
You can blame probably 30 years of being stored on missing parts and
dirt.