$2000 Black Apple (?) - scam ?

H guys, Couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a guy who said he had seen my site, and has an "Black Apple" (Bell and Howell edition of Apple II for schools) that he would like to sell. Says condition is "unknown", and that the monitor does not work. From correspondance with him, I have determined that he has the main unit, two drives of which one is B&H label (no boxes for the hardware), the dead monitor, no docs, and "lots of software" which is all copies except for one original boxed game. Said I was one of several people he had contacted, and asked for a "bid" - I responded by asking him for a price - he said $150, which I thought was high, and considering that I would have to ship it here (US -> Canada), I said "thanks but no thanks", and asked him to let me know if he lowered his price (because I would like to have a B&H Apple in the collection again)... He's left me on his mailing list, and since than has reported that he had an offer for $500, then $1000, and this morning he says he has an offer for $2000. I corresponded with him again and he says: This seems completely ludicrous to me --- I know B&H Apples are considered desirable by some, but $2000 (and shipping from US->UK)!!! ??? Smells like a scam... (?) Whats a B&H Apple worth these days? Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html