4 Sep
2001
4 Sep
'01
7:07 p.m.
From: Adrian Vickers
<avickers(a)solutionengineers.com>
eBay suggests that unbuilt ZX81s are worth silly money
(think ?300 ($450)
upwards).
Maybe you're thinking of unbuilt ZX80 kits?? Zebra still sells the ZX81
kits for USD 99.95, which is high. I've seen them go for $50 on ebay
recently. The North American ZX81 kits are not at all rare.
Glen
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4 Sep
4 Sep
8:04 p.m.
I could be mistaken about this, but IIRC, a risky bet, but ... wasn't the ZX80 a
<$50 proposition back in the '80's and the '81 slightly less, on the order
of
$29.95?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Keep or assemble???
From: Adrian
Vickers <avickers(a)solutionengineers.com>
eBay suggests that unbuilt ZX81s are worth silly
money (think ?300 ($450)
upwards).
Maybe you're thinking of unbuilt ZX80 kits?? Zebra still sells the ZX81
kits for USD 99.95, which is high. I've seen them go for $50 on ebay
recently. The North American ZX81 kits are not at all rare.
Glen
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5 Sep
5 Sep
4:33 p.m.
I could be mistaken about this, but IIRC, a risky bet,
but ...
wasn't the ZX80 a
<$50 proposition back in the '80's and the '81 slightly less, on the order
of
$29.95?
Actually the Zebra price is right inline with what one could
buy an assembled TS-1000 for in '82. I remember the advertisements
for it showing a price right at $100. I can't see them dropping the
price for the unassembled kit that much though, but I don't remember
what the price for the kit was when it was new.
Jeff
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4:49 p.m.
I could be mistaken about this, but IIRC, a risky bet,
but ...
wasn't the ZX80 a
<$50 proposition back in the '80's and the '81 slightly less, on the order
of
$29.95?
Ooops..I spoke too soon with my last message. I found an
advertisement in the back of 'Syntax ZX80' dated May 1982, showing
the assembled ZX-81 for $149.95 and the kit for $99.95. The kits
were dropped when Timex introduced the TS-1000 later in the year at
the same price, but for the assembled units. There's a
pre-announcement of the TS-1000 in the same issue, stating it's
shipping date as 4th quarter of 1982. I'm sure later clearance
sales, especially after Timex got out of the computer business,
dropped the price considerably.
Jeff
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Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
12:31 a.m.
At 12:07 am 05/09/2001 -0400, you wrote:
No, a pair of ZX81 kits went through recently (although a search no longer
shows them, irritatingly) for daft money. OTOH, when a built one can fetch
?200+.... I suspect that was just a mad bidder moment however.
I wonder if Zebra do a bulk discount; it strikes me that one could buy a
load, then sell them in the UK for easy money...
Cheers!
Ade.
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From: Adrian
Vickers <avickers(a)solutionengineers.com>
eBay suggests that unbuilt ZX81s are worth silly
money (think ?300 ($450)
upwards).
Maybe you're thinking of unbuilt ZX80 kits?? Zebra still sells the ZX81
kits for USD 99.95, which is high. I've seen them go for $50 on ebay
recently. The North American ZX81 kits are not at all rare.
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