Maximizing value selling a working 11/34

[Pontus Pihlgren]

Gosh, people sure are overreacting...

The 11/34 isn't the most sought after system so it might be difficult to 
find someone to pick it up or willing pay the shipping.

The parts are probably not very sought after either so it might not be 
worth the effort to split it up with the hope of selling all parts.

Instead I would offer it as "whole or specific parts". Perhaps someone 
will grab the whole system, perhaps someone local is dying for an RL02, 
perhaps someone really wants the header for their H960 (or even the 
feet).

Also check for rare items, UNIBUS scsi cards perhaps, and put those in 
the item description.

This advice I offer for free with no qualms, good luck to you and your 
business partner.

Kind Regards,
Pontus.

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:09:16AM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> So I know someone who has a working 11/34 (4 RLO2's and the 11/34 in an H960,
> running RSTS/E) they want to sell, and they want to know how to maximize the
> value - i.e. whether to sell it as a complete working system, or to part it
> out - and if the latter, how to break it up?
> 
> (No discussion about the morality of parting it out, please; this is owned by
> a business, and they need the money to pay people's salaries.)
> 
> So which direction would get the most money? My sense is that parting it to
> the maximal degree possible (e.g. sell each drive separately, sell the memory
> separately from the CPU, sell the feet separately from the H960, etc) is
> the way to get the most money, but I'm interested to hear what others think.
> 
> Thanks for any insights!
> 
> 	Noel