Help with pricing on vintage computers?

From: Nick Miller <nickmiller_at_charter.net>
Date: Mon Jan 13 22:59:03 2003

I agree with Marvin, I've had great luck on eBay. Finding a BYT-8 for $75
and an MITS Altair 8800 full of Rev 0 boards and a C8080-8 CPU for $1250 was
a great rush. I've sold an Apple II+ to Richard Garriot and bought a
Heathkit H-11 from Jon Titus, don't sell it short. eBay works great if you
don't bid against idiots and always keep a lookout for the bargains.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin_at_rain.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Help with pricing on vintage computers?


>
>
> Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Marvin Johnston wrote:
> >
> > > I've found the best way to get a realistic price on an ebay item is to
> > > go to the bid history and look at the the pricing on the third bidder
> > > down. And Ebay IS a *most* useful tool for finding what the value is
to
> > > most people; you just can't use the final bid price all the time.
> >
> > And as long as you're planning to buy or sell the item in question ON
> > eBay.
>
> Ebay is a retail venue; most people don't expect wholesale prices at
> Sears :). And there *have* been some *incredible* buys on Ebay. Someone
> I know bought an item on Ebay that just happened to be one of the two
> known prototype motors built by Tesla. I don't recall the pricing but I
> think it was less than $100. And for someone who either doesn't have or
> who doesn't want to take the time to do their own treasure hunting, Ebay
> is an excellent choice. And the prices are mostly reasonable.
>
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