5 Dec
1999
5 Dec
'99
9:34 p.m.
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, John B wrote:
David Winter (the guy in France) has bid on some of my items and always paid
quickly. He seems to collect boards but does not buy entire systems.
Where can you find out what the gold/aluminum/steel value of a
computer at? The obvious solution is to know what a scrapper is
willing to pay, and add $10 to your bid. A scrapper will never
spend more to buy something than it is worth, a collector will.
Clint
I don't think any IBM 1130 is worth more than
a couple of hundred in scrap
by
the way. I suspect less than that.
Then I guess the scrappers will be outbidding you..... The larger 1960 mini
computers had a lot more gold in them than the '70s models as the gold was
plated thicker in the '60s. The 1130 (from what I can remember) has more
than $100US in aluminum in it (just cpu + printer). I don't know what the
gold content is.. (I'll find out.. I know a company that does).. BTW I just
lost an IBM 360 to a gold scrapper [bid more than me]. Some of the metal
scrappers I know never bothered to look at gold content.. what's scaring the
hell out of me are these guys that know to the penny what they can extract
out of it and generally bid a lot higher than most.