ebay: TRS-80 Model 4 (NJ pickup) $0.01

7 Dec 2010

...
   My experience
on ebay is that "pickup only" items suffer price
 depression and allow you to get a bargain.
 -- 

 The few that I won also end up giving you a bunch of other related stuff not 
 listed. Mostly people do pickup only for large lots of stuff that nobody 
 would even think of paying shipping for (and the seller would not dream of 
 having to pack it). 
Or for items that would be difficult/expensive to pack so that they 
aren't damaged in shipping. 

I've been very lucky a couple of times, when it turned out that the 
seller was actually going to be passing near my house and for a 
reasonable payment[1] he was prepared to put the machine in the boot 
(trunk) of his car and deliver it. Yes, I did check before bidding.

[1] OK, if you want to be silly about it, the charge was high for the 
extra distance he had to drive. It was very reasonable to ensure that I 
got the machine I wanted in perfect codntion, and it's the latter that I 
care about.

-tony

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ebay: TRS-80 Model 4 (NJ pickup) $0.01