2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
12:24 p.m.
I know it's not spring but it is time for me to thin out my collection. I'm
offering these for sale here first before sending them off to ebay.
Email me with offers to anthony.dellett(a)staples.com. I dont get time to
check the list much so posing a reply there will get you nowhere.
Atari 800 (not working, parts?)
Atari 1050 Disk Drive (two of them)
Commodore 64 (complete in box, I have two like this)
Commodore 1541 Disk Drive (2 in box, one works, one doesn't)
Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive (complete in box)
Commodore 128 (complete in box)
Commodore 1571 Disk Drive (complete in box)
Compupro S-100 Enclosure (motherboard and PS only, no cards)
IMSAI 8080 W/8080 Processor Card, SIO4 (Godbout w/docs), RAM64 (Godbout
w/docs), PIO8 (IMSAI)
Kaypro I (incl. boot disk)
Kaypro II (incl. boot disk)
Kaypro IV (incl. boot disk)
NorthStar Horizon (not working)
NorthStar Advantage (works completely, with boot disk)
Osborne I (not working)
Osborne Executive (incl. boot disk)
Processor Technology SOL w/SOLOS personality module
Sanyo CP/M System (with software)
TI-99/4A Computer (beige model, in box)
TRS-80 Model III (with some software)
8" DS/DD Floppy Drive (in wooden enclosure) and Controller (Godbout w/docs)
8" SS/SD Floppy Drive (no enclosure)
8" SS/SD Dual Drive Subsystem (ICOM)
8" Hard Disk Drive in enclosure w/controller (Fujitsu Hard Drive, Godbout
Controller w/docs)
I also have some random Commodore stuff that I cant remember (modem,
paddles, trackball, etc...) I can take a closer look if anyone is
interested.
A word of warning... I'd like to sell these things to someone on the list
but I'll only accept "reasonable" offers.
Tony
3 Nov
3 Nov
3:28 a.m.
New subject: ebay offerings to listmembers
One of the really nice things about ebay is the bidding system where the
auction is handled automatically and each bidder knows immeadiately what the
current bid is. As such, one suggestion to people wanting to offer stuff to
listmembers first might be to put in on ebay as a private auction with a
reserve price high enough to protect the seller. I personally have not used
or participated in private auctions, but the idea seems sound.
7:46 a.m.
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Dellett, Anthony wrote:
offering these for sale here first before sending them
off to ebay.
IMSAI 8080 W/8080 Processor Card, SIO4 (Godbout w/docs), RAM64 (Godbout
w/docs), PIO8 (IMSAI)
Kaypro I (incl. boot disk)
Kaypro II (incl. boot disk)
Kaypro IV (incl. boot disk)
NorthStar Horizon (not working)
NorthStar Advantage (works completely, with boot disk)
Osborne I (not working)
Osborne Executive (incl. boot disk)
Processor Technology SOL w/SOLOS personality module
Sanyo CP/M System (with software)
8" DS/DD Floppy Drive (in wooden enclosure) and Controller (Godbout w/docs)
8" SS/SD Floppy Drive (no enclosure)
8" SS/SD Dual Drive Subsystem (ICOM)
8" Hard Disk Drive in enclosure w/controller (Fujitsu Hard Drive, Godbout
A word of warning... I'd like to sell these things to someone on the list
but I'll only accept "reasonable" offers.
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
What is a reasonable offer on an IMSAI, collector
to collector? If we're talking ebay values,
forget it. There will also be the additional
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
$200-$300 depending on condition and what's
included. The docs alone
might bring up to a $50 premium. Of course, price is normally a market
driven thing, and you happen to be in the second hottest market in the
world by being on this list. A list-driven bidding war once drove the
price up to $1000 of a *very* complete IMSAI with a bunch of spare cards
and docs.
Exactly the problem. A list bidding war doesn't seem to me to be a whole
lot better than an Ebay one. I would be prepared to offer $20 to $250
depending on the item, but I am sure a lot of people on this list would
do the same. Does it matter that it is actually going to a good home?
What about a promise that it won't be sold until someone pries my
eventually stiff fingers off of it?
I would expect virtually all other collecting fields have gone through
similar turmoil. You take some stuff, you take some people who want it
and the only way to keep score is with money.
I suspect reasonable is a bit higher than my guess or Doug's. To me
collector to collector is either trade or maybe 4 or 5 cents on the
original retail dollar.
If it doesn't mean that, then it may as well be put on Ebay. Why?
Admittedly I have not bought a whole lot of currently "hot" collectible
computer items, but in aggregate, my Ebay purchases, hardware, software,
new and old, come in at less than a double digit percentage of what was
quote/unquote the MSRP.
-- Stephen Dauphin
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