Need advice

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote: Yes... I'm in Ohio. I get to New England once a year or less. Partially. If you were across town, the stuff you had was interesting enough for a short drive, but you had nothing that was so stunning to inspire a 1300-mile round-trip ($125 for gas, then there's food and/or lodging on top of that). I did do a road-trip to Ottowa once, for a PDP-8/S. Something of that calibre *does* inspire road trip. The more odd the gear, the longer of a trip becomes thinkable. I usually use a rough estimate of $1-$2/lb for domestic freight. I don't know that I would want to pay something for an Ultra-60 _and_ probably double the cost for the freight, but in my part of the country, Sun equipment is not difficult to find either in town or within a couple of hours for free. Those in parts where the equipment is rare may have a different tipping point, but for the most part, those same people are likely to be even further away. As Will said, can you hang on until a Hamfest? Those often attract both casual buyers and perhaps targeted buyers if you get the word out far enough in advance that it could affect attendance. There are also mailing lists like suns-at-home and the DEC-oriented groups on Usenet/Google Groups that are a highly focused audience. Someone there might be willing to pay $100 S&H for something they want and don't already have. -ethan