10 Nov
2001
10 Nov
'01
3:11 p.m.
One way to look at it is that if your choice is between selling one machine,
working or not, or tossing it in the dumpster, selling it might be the better
choice. Moreover, if the choice is to sell it as parts, it brings several
others the satisfaction of resurrecting their defunct machines, while selling
one whole machine only produces one working machine for one user.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey H. Ingber" <jhingber(a)ix.netcom.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Parting out
On Sat, 2001-11-10 at 17:54, Jeff Hellige wrote:
This goes back to a conversation of a couple of
weeks ago
concerning selling stuff as parts or whole or whatever. Currently on
eBay there is a seller that is parting out an Apple Lisa that was
fully functional up until a few days ago and the seller now has
disassembled it and has the individual parts listed for sale.
From the auction:
"It was tough deciding whether to sell the LISA whole or as parts,
because it does run. We sold our own machine as parts last year and were
pleased that so many different people bid on it, and that made up our
minds for us."
I just can't see any logic in breaking up a machine that's functional to
seel it off as parts. The unit as a whole would command a premium that
the seller won't get from selling body panels and the card cage by
itself for $5 a pop.
This is essentailly throwing a working machine into the dumpster.
Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhingber _at_ ix.netcom.com)
Granted, it's the seller's property and
theirs to do with as they
please, but I don't see the reasoning behind parting out a fully
functional system. In the past, the only things I've parted out like
that, whether with cars or computers, are items that hold little
value due to being nonfunctional or otherwise damaged.
Jeff
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