If you want a PS2 9595

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Tue Jun 8 03:22:43 1999

I have been seriously beating the bushes looking for better sources of
computers, and I have found some interesting (and totally stinking) places
(and yes I will have them on my list I promised to those who sent me their
own bargain spots).

IBM model 85, 90, and 95, and I am sure of at least a couple of them being
9595 models. Other than one or two items missing on the front, and a taped
on name tag, these are excellent looking systems apparently fresh out of
some firms server room. If you want one, email me NOW. I will be making my
purchase no later than Wednesday morning, maybe Tuesday, and I won't be
stocking up, just filling orders.

These units look very nice, but I will NOT be able to test or inventory the
contents. Some have missing plates in the front, I suspect anything obvious
like a CDROM drive has been removed. I don't think PS2 specific items would
be removed sinced this looks like all the PS2's the place had on half a
dozen pallets (along with a mix of typical 486 machines). I noticed several
tape drives, but the nature of this purchase does not allow being too fussy.

My zip code is 92869 for estimating shipping costs, and I will do
reasonable packing at no additional cost. All bids are for the unit with
shipping addtiional.

Don't reply to the whole list, email me directly
<mailto:mikeford_at_netwiz.net?subject=PS2buy>

I don't know much about a PS2, except several people told me to grab one of
these if I ever saw one, so I can't answer any sort of techy question, and
most likely won't have time to answer much of anything prior to the
purchase anyway. My plan is to walk in and buy systems for as many people
that want one as I can. I will then email those people, and ship after
payment is recieved. If I like the price I will buy even more units, but
those are for ugly profits on eBay.

How much and for what?
Tell me what you want, and what price (without shipping, which will require
packed weights), ie model 9595 $5. Whatever is the lowest acceptable price
for a given model is what everybody will pay, and which specific machine
you get will be strictly by the order they come off the pallet, and the
order I receive your emails. I will use my normal markup to calculate what
my actual offer to the vendor will be, and that markup and the actual
purchase cost will determine which offers get a system.

Huh?
Lets just look at the one model, the 9595. Assume I get offers of $5, $25,
$65, and $500 per system. The vendor and I agree to a price, and I apply my
normal markup resulting in a price of $60. The lowest acceptable bid is
$65, so I would buy four units. The first off the pallet is mine, the
second goes to an order already placed, and the remaining units would go in
order of the bids received until the supply runs out for $65 and shipping.

What I need now
Email me directly with your bids. I can handle slightly complex things,
like; I want (2) 9595 if I can get them for $49 each, just one if its $59.
Plus an 8590 if I can get one for $20, etc. etc. There are a fair number of
computers, ie 5 pallets, but the number of any specific model I am not sure
of. Desktop models as well as servers, and not all are IBM, many are compaq
or misc third parties.

Don't tell me, I want a blank if it has a blank card, cause I am not going
to be able to open and check them. If you don't feel comfortable buying
under the conditions I will be operating under, don't bid, wait for the
eBay units.

Everybody keep your fingers crossed that somebody doesn't beat me to them.
Sorry for the long post
Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 03:22:43 BST