8 Jul
2005
8 Jul
'05
11:39 a.m.
Roy Carlson is the seller. I recently purchased a service device for
DASD, and Storage
Directors, which reads 8" floppies, which was much more in line with
collector prices.
The prices he is asking for the drek is in line with curio and display
junk listings, not
for vintage computer groups. That market will pay a lot just for punch
cards, and
such, just to frame and hang on the wall.
He has a nice set of Telex manuals at the end of the listing which I
hope maybe
Al Kossow gets for Bitsavers, as an example of how the vintage and old
computer
stuff he sells is.
He is just trying to clear out the end result of a repair and refurb
business, he is
as far as I know, not one of the gold scrap assassins, but is actually
very knowlegable
about the systems, etc.
I rated my transaction for the tester, and then before that for a 3420
test stunt box
to be excellent.
BTW, he has a lot of 3420 parts he hasn't listed and may be forced to
dump
if there are 3420 owners out there. Light bulbs and plastic tubing, and
cables
and belts don't sell well for curios, they look just about like the ones
on fans
and cars...
Jim
Gary Green wrote:
At least if the items are overpriced, and the
shipping is actual, or
real
close, you know what you're getting into before you bid.
I've been looking for an older 1U rack-mount machine. I've found a
number
of units for a reasonable price, considering most of it is 6-8 years
old.
However, the shipping charges are about 2-3 times what they should
be. So,
I wait. :(
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZredwooddr
The usual yada, yada, yada; no interest, no affiliation, etc...
I bought my 9348 tape drive from him a few years ago. No big problem,
though
the picture in the listing was of another, less banged-up drive. It
arrived,
it works, and the shipping charge was only the actual Fedex cost - no
"packaging and handling" markup that so many eBay sellers like to
apply.
However many of his current items do look severely overpriced to me.
Tony H.