Ethan Dicks wrote:
> --- Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com> wrote:
> > Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > >You gotta remember the 1% rule (although it applies
> > > more to systems than peripherals) - ten years later, you can get a computer
> > > for 1% of its original purchase price. There are exceptions...
> > > due to scarcity and eBay fever.
> >
> > Wait now, my Mac II fx, was $10,000 when it came out, that means its worth
> > $100 today?
>
> I have purchased $10,000 systems ten years later for $100. I have also
> purchased $3,000 systems for $30. Personally, I would not pay as much
> as $100 for a IIfx. I might pay that much for a Quadra 950, but it had
> better have a bunch of RAM in it. I have been buying MacIIsi's for $5-$10
> (to get the ethernet cards for SE/30's) and Quadra-600-series machines for
> <$20 lately. I got a working IBM Thinkpad (486) at Dayton, with case and
> modem for $20 and a docking station for $5. A few years ago, I passed up a
> Lisa at a Hamfest, complete with docs, software and printer - it sold later
> that day for $25.
>
Ouch! The big one that got away!
>
> So about that 1%...
>
> I'll say this, though... it's not strictly linear. It's hard to find a
> computer at 1% that originally sold for $100. It's much easier at the
> $10,000 level. Something about price inelasticity at the low end...
>
> > What's eBay fever? How can I get others to catch it?
>
> eBay fever is what the guy at the hamfest had when I attempted to haggle
> over copies of David Ahl's books that he wanted $50 each for. When I
> made a counter-offer, he said, "I can get _at least_ $50 on eBay!" I
> asked him why he bothered to come to Dayton then, and wouldn't he just be
> happier somewhere else? I also left without even looking at anything else
> he had to buy.
So you're saying 'eBay fever' is a seller's malady?
Eric
>
>
> -ethan
>
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Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 12:28:33 BST