IBM 5150 brings $910 on EBAY

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Oct 27 00:16:00 2002

On 27 Oct 2002, Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 20:50, John Galt wrote:
>
> > 31 bidders. 4 willing to pay over $700. Are these machines in good
> > condition really that rare?
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2062770257
>
> They're not the least bit rare in my neck of the woods, and I don't see
> anything special about that machine to warrant that price. The bill of
> sale, which might have been a selling point, doesn't match the equipment
> in that PC either.

The bill of sale really isn't even close...heck, it even appears to be a
Xerox copy. Of course, that might not be a bill of sale, but rather a
suggested configuration list, or it could just simply be that the seller
included that bit of paper with this auction to inflate the price.

-Toth
Received on Sun Oct 27 2002 - 00:16:00 BST

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