are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?

[Darrin]

Well there's a bunch of Commodore PETs going for $755 each at the moment:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-2001-32N-SERIES-Computer-2001-32N-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/181068351494?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2a2883c806

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-4016-SERIES-Computer-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/181105810672?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2a2abf5cf0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-4032-SERIES-Computer-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/181068317970?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2a28834512

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-2001-SERIES-Computer-2001-8-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/121055971971?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item1c2f7f8a83

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-8032-SERIES-Computer-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/121083538742?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item1c31242d36

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-PET-2001-SERIES-Computer-with-full-keyboard-USA-Vintage-Very-Rare-/181105808256?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2a2abf5380

I like the way he calls them "rare" when he's selling 6 of them.

He's got a nice C128 too for $750:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-128D-Computer-with-joystick-RCA-cable-and-Victory-Road-Disk-Working-/121014964795?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item1c2d0dd23b


and then there's this one which, while not expensive, is enough to make you think WTF?  I just hope this was a case of trying to refurbish a badly damaged case:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Commodore-pet-BLACK-4008-n-/121094102653?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item1c31c55e7d

[Darrin]

Brand new, unopened VIC-20:

Damn, that takes me back.  My first home computer.  I didn't pay that for it though, not even with the tape deck.  

[Darrin]

It would be a real bummer to discover that the boxes on the pallet contain 2000 copies of Dalek Attack.

[Darrin]

Not eBay, but extreme anyway (my own dutch-auction fro A4000T):

http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/commodore-amiga-4000t-for-sale.aspx

Yes, it's insane.

At Dutch auction?  I bid one pair of wooden clogs, a slightly leaky dyke and a bunch of tulips.

Interesting idea.  This will be fun to watch.  

[Darrin]

Easily taken care of with a diaper.  :sealed:

Gross!  LOL.

[Darrin]

Interesting... the auction appears to have been reset?  No explanation that I could find either.

At a wild guess, I think whoever won it then told his wife who spotted what he was about to pay for it, shot him and then contacted the sell to say that he no longer needed it.  

[Darrin]

I made 3 offers on this, and he finally countered. eBay doesn't show you what the final price was - we settled on $500.

It took me a few days but I managed to get it to work and as a result now have a fully functioning 3000T again - worth every penny.

The damage report: it had two broken traces where the battery was (D9, D15 signals to the ROM), two blown fuses on the +5 outputs for the joystick and DB23, was missing a Paula and all zip ram which I filled in, Denise was inserted incorrectly, missing the SCSI controller chip. It also had the 8375 Agnus which doesn't allow the pal/ntsc jumper so I replaced that too. I also gave it 3.1 ROMs.

Nice work!