15 Mar
2007
15 Mar
'07
1:37 p.m.
--- George Currie <g at kurico.com> wrote:
Chris M wrote:
You do find the occasional item on CL. I think a
lot of the people who
were frequenting the *.forsale newsgroups that are
now pretty much dead
are turning to CL to avoid ebay. Probably the most
exotic thing I've
seen so far is a Canon Cat. Ads for things like old
Atari's,
Commodores, i.e. your more common classic items are
not that uncommon.
There was a person trying to sell their 5150 IBM PC,
but it was the
newer MB and had a 10GB hd installed, but they were
still asking several
hundred dollars (IIRC ~$400-$500). Even after I
emailed them they still
continued to post it at that price. So generally
I'd say that it's
worth keeping an eye out, esp since the prices
_generally_ are better
than ebay.
LOL. Just before I left Long Island in the mid 90s
some catalog came to the door (it could have been
Damark, but I won't swear it) in which they were
trying to peddle 5150s as "state of the art" machines
for some terribly unreasonable sum, not at all unlike
the ad you mentioned above.
Now, this isn't to say that a 5150 was rendered
totally useless by that time (albeit nearly so :( ),
just that paying for it...anything, was out of the question.
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my guess is there is usually always someone
within
a
30-60 mile radius of where you live that is
willing to
pick up something oldt.
Out of curiosity, who has p/u'd or bought
something
vintage on Craigslist. I don't make a point
of
looking there.