Hahahahaha.......

[motrucker]

Ever notice how the vultures' old computer stuff is always "RARE" and usually "vintage" too?
Old PT Barnum was right though, if somewhat low on his estimate.

[beller]

KThunder wrote:
ummm anybody got one they want to sell :-)

Whenever I want something vintage I check www.4jays.net first.  I've picked up a 64C and Atari 2600 from them. They usually have A500s and Amiga monitors too.

Since they're local I also get to save on shipping.  I'd recommend them!

Bob

[icbrkr]

beller wrote:

KThunder wrote:
ummm anybody got one they want to sell :-)

Whenever I want something vintage I check www.4jays.net first.  I've picked up a 64C and Atari 2600 from them. They usually have A500s and Amiga monitors too.

Since they're local I also get to save on shipping.  I'd recommend them!

Bob

You're doing better than me at 4Jays!  I'm originally from out there so when I went there back in July for a wedding, I took the cruise down to Antioch to visit em.  For the life of me, I couldn't get the kid to look up from his computer when you first walk in for anything.  I kept having to ask "how much is this.. how much is this..".  He was so damn lazy he said I could just walk behind the counter to look at things  I left with nothing since I got tired of asking prices :/

[koaftder]

Insane prices arent limited to ebay. Look at some consignment shops, ive seen ibm xt machines with 300 dollar price tags, c64s with similar prices.

I think people often put stuff up for sale, not knowing what stuff is worth, so they just set the price high. You often see 15 year old tv's complete with color problems and bleed in for 200 bucks. VCRs for 100 bucks, and beat up couches for same price.

Go check out a pawn shop, and see what they want for computers. Insanity. I saw a pawn shop the other day that had a compaq tower, with like 8 bays ( proliant machine i think). It was a 100Mhz machine with nt4 installed, they wanted 900 dollars, i tried to negotiate them down to 20 dollars, they laughed and told me it was a "server".