Another EBay absurdity

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Wed May 13 13:50:46 1998

On Wed, 13 May 1998, SUPRDAVE wrote:

> what a joke! i just webbed there not long ago and checked his price guide. an
> H89 for $400? wow, i got mine for free! a pcjr for $50? i cant even give one
> away! a trs80 model 1 for $200? yea, right! from his "prices" i could sell
> part of my collection for over $1500. the list is quite sparse though. what
> about my osi or my portable pc or mac512k with a hyperdrive or my tandy 102 or
> atari portfolio? i seldom take seriously anyone who attempts to put market
> prices on old computers. for some light reading and humour goto the above url
> and check for yourself.

Allow me to provide a reality check. I'm assuming the following is just
the computer (IE. no monitor or peripherals where applicable)

MTPRO Closer to Reality

Apple ][+: $50 $10-$15
Apple ][e: $80 $15-$20
Commodore Vic-20: $30 $5-$10 (many of these were produced)
Commodore 64: $20 $5-$10 (ditto X 100)
TRS-80 model II: $200 Don't have good guess but $200 way too high
TRS-80 model III: $120 $15-$25 (many made)
TRS-80 model IV: $120 (ditto)
Compaq Portable: $100 Pfeh. $15
Atari 800: $30 $5-$15
TI 99/4a: $30 Ugh. Try Free-$5 (99/4a's and VIC-20's were
                            used as foot soldiers in the price war between
                            TI and Commodore in the early 80s...tons made)
IBM PC model 5150: $100 Please. Hundreds of thousands made. Free.
Macintosh 128K: $200 $50-$100. Not that hard to find.
Amiga 1000: $100 $25-$35
Sinclair ZX81: $60 $5
Timex/Sinclair 1000: $50 ZX81 and TS-1000 are the same thing basically.
IBM PCjr: $50 $15-$20 with monitor


Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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