3 Apr
2004
3 Apr
'04
10:27 a.m.
In an effort to get a place to move around, I am starting to move stuff
out, and am putting stuff up regularly on the Vintage Computer
Marketplace.
One question: if anyone is interested in the older PC cards,
motherboards, full height floppy drives, some S-100 stuff, etc., etc.,
etc., is it better to sell it untested at a low price, or sell it
tested/working and raise the price?
Is there any interest in older databooks?
There are still some people I owe stuff to and as I run across it, I'll
get in touch via email. No, I am not getting out of collecting but I
*need* to get some space to work :)!!!
3 Apr
3 Apr
10:36 a.m.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Marvin Johnston wrote:
One question: if anyone is interested in the older PC
cards,
motherboards, full height floppy drives, some S-100 stuff, etc., etc.,
etc., is it better to sell it untested at a low price, or sell it
tested/working and raise the price?
If you want more money then yes, testing will definitely net a higher
price. Will it be worth it? How much is your time worth? Testing some
of those boards will take lots of time or work in tracking down the right
documentation or software.
Is there any interest in older databooks?
Indeed.
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12:39 p.m.
--- Marvin Johnston <marvin(a)rain.org> wrote:
etc., is it better to sell it untested at a low
price, or sell it
tested/working and raise the price?
In my experience its not worth the time to test it,
you will get a higher price, but not much higher. It
takes time to test it but the bigger problem is that
the buyer will expect it to work when he receives it,
this can be a real problem when the buyer doesn't know
how to use it to begin with or doesn't know how to do
simple things like reseat the boards. You could spend
hours on the phone and end up with a bad experience.
Even if something works I always sell it "as is,
untested"
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