Scrap value of machines (was Re: ebay feedback) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Dec 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Scrap value of machines (was Re: ebay feedback)

...
 It's pretty obvious, then, isn't it, that the
place to be is on their side
rather than bidding against them?  Even if you have to pay a little more or 

I wish that would work but *most* of them don't care if you are going to put
down a few thousand on a mini. (notice the few thousand now)... They deal in
volume and don't care what you are looking for.. well, at least the big
guys.

...
 work a little more, it's better to be in a position
to call the guy up on a
free morning and ask whether he's got anything new that you'd like to look
at, isn't it?

This works with smaller scrappers but they rare;y get the juicy stuff. I
like a scrapper that goes into an old factory and levels it. The big
scrappers get cool toys all the time.

...
 Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Fandt &lt;cfandt(a)netsync.net&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Scrap value of machines (was Re: ebay feedback)

>Upon the date 12:58 AM 12/6/99 -0800, Mike Ford said something like:
>>>Where can you find out what the gold/aluminum/steel value of a
>>>computer at? The obvious solution is to know what a scrapper is
>>>willing to pay, and add $10 to your bid. A scrapper will never
>>>spend more to buy something than it is worth, a collector will.
>>
>>Not a good assumption. A scrapper might be willing to spend whatever it
>>took to make you never get a winning bid and just go away.
>
>Yes, an appropriate correlation is that if they can crush computers (before
...
  shredding the
carcass) then they can cru$h you.

Their profits drop corresponding with losses of bids so they're going to
spend extra in the short term to protect their profits in the long term.

Regards,  Chris
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