16 May
2009
16 May
'09
1:46 a.m.
Jim---
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net> wrote:
Mark Davidson wrote:
...
I've sold 8b micros for more than $1000 (a Sol system), so getting a real
mini including tape drive for $1000 doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
No, no, I understand... I just am amazed at some of the prices people
put on "vintage" computer equipment. My favorite (not seen on this
list) was the guy who found an old disk pack in a warehouse and listed
it for $500 (no testing, no idea if it was even good, sold as-is).
Looking at the system (ebay id 200303090120), $1000 doesn't seem out of
line
at all.
Maybe it's me, then... I wasn't trying to malign anyone, but I was
curious about this person since they were so close to me (I'm in San
Jose).
Mark Of course, you have to determine what it is worth to
you. ?Personally, you'd
have to pay me $1000 to take it. ?I don't need any more projects.
Heh. I know what you mean. I love old DG minis, though. My summer
project is an MV/4000 I bought for $300 with two tape drives (and that
included the delivery). I guess I was just lucky. :)
I had a deal to buy a Nova 4 with drives from a guy in SoCal... agreed
on a price and even supplied a deposit. But before I could arrange to
go get it, he returned my deposit (with a note saying "item sold") and
never bothered to respond to any future emails.
Mark
Mark