1st Mac

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bbtel.com>
Date: Tue Jun 30 17:07:44 1998

George Currie wrote:

> For sure up until the SE-30, I'm not positive about the Classic and ClassicII.
> Minor trivia, the original Mac Portable also has the designers names stamped
> in the case.

I know the Mac512k does for sure.

> As far as worth, well i've seen them on ebay go anywhere from $75 to over $200
> depending on what ancillary stuff it had (orig docs, packaging, etc). That said,
> they are relatively easily available for <$20 (I just picked up two for $15 just an
> hour ago).
>
> As was stated earlier, an items worth is determined by how much one is willing
> to pay to acquire it.

On top of what the seller sees it of value as. If I get an S/36 and don't know what the
heck it is, I may only ask $20 for it whereas a buyer that knows what it is may be
ready to pay $100 or more (only an analogy, not realistic so don't nail me on this you
S/3x people).

I had a TRS-80 model 4 that I thought $25 was fair for it and the new owner felt good
about it. A week later I had a person from a Massachusetts drug company call to see if
I had it and if I'd be willing to let it go for $100....seems they still have something
going at their plant that requires this machine and the upgrade to a newer system is in
the works but not quite done or on budget, so they're stuck with the model 4. Go
figure.

> >Aren't the signatures cut into the molds on all or most of
> > these machines? I've seen it alot and never thought differently.

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