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For Sale: spotted on Craigslist (continuous sightings)

Not sure what I see that tells me it's not worth about 1/50th of the asking price.

When someone asks for something over, say, $200, I expect lots of pictures and explanation or a story or something. That's a giveaway for me when someone's hawking something ostensibly worth $1000 and you get 3 uninteresting pictures. No serial #, nothing.

I probably have 3 or 4 of these boxed "first edition's" sitting in my garage or basement right now. I don't expect they're worth more than $50, tops, with the matching serial numbers, verified working status, and better looking boxes.
 
devnull said:
I probably have 3 or 4 of these boxed "first edition's" sitting in my garage or basement right now. I don't expect they're worth more than $50, tops, with the matching serial numbers, verified working status, and better looking boxes.
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Bo (zimmers.net) last time I checked had similar and similar expectations of them as well :)
 
ACtually, with software, complete, extra drives, and good pix, you can often pull in the $100-200 range for a full C64 system. Amazes me.
 
Local spottings...

Tandy 1000 HD: http://madison.craigslist.org/sys/4205016848.html
Apple Macintosh Plus: http://janesville.craigslist.org/sys/4149936207.html
Apple Macintosh LC (no picture, but low price): http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/sys/4159773781.html
Apple IIGS (no picture and a high price, alas): http://madison.craigslist.org/sys/4180341567.html
Apple IIe, IIc, and IIGS: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/sys/4141857008.html
Apple II joystick: http://madison.craigslist.org/sys/4211062624.html
Old Compaq keyboard, Teac combo drive, and other miscellanea: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/sys/4212511938.html
 
That's utterly insane. I bought a C64 in a box that looked like it was brand new, with all booklets and warranty cards for $20 a couple years ago. I didn't even consider it that good a deal.
 
Well "full system" while a loose system isn't worth much you have the loose system ($20-40), floppy drive (with a 6502 :) $5-15, monitor $20-40 (unless you ship), possible need for power adapter probably $10-15. So if you're really looking at a fully system yes you can justify the cost somewhat vs finding the parts one at a time. (Joystick also $5-15 from what I've seen locally). Given those higher side prices are the stores around here which intentionally charge $9.99 minimum for about everything that they buy for $1.
 
FWIW, my take is "monkey see, monkey do". People who have some stuff they they want to unload, venture possibly for the first time on to Craig's List and eBay. They see a ridiculously priced item and they think, "well, if that so and so can, I can too" Free enterprise, you know.
 
Netherlands eBay Classifieds (Marktplaats)
IBM PC Manuals: http://link.marktplaats.nl/754011947 (cheap)
IBM PS/2 Model 50 Manual: http://link.marktplaats.nl/711379732 (cheap)
IBM 5150: http://link.marktplaats.nl/749727853
IBM 5140: http://link.marktplaats.nl/754354037
IBM 5150: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753738454
IBM 5155: http://link.marktplaats.nl/754934044
IBM XT: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753555642
IBM PS/1: http://link.marktplaats.nl/714668865
IBM PS/1: http://link.marktplaats.nl/750323267
IBM PC330/GL300/Aptiva: http://link.marktplaats.nl/734429857
IBM Aptiva: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753115934
IBM PS/2 Model 35: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753772423 (too bad it is so far from my home province and it is not clear whether it works. The seller never replied to an email I sent)
IBM PS/2 Model 80: http://link.marktplaats.nl/745567537
IBM PS/2 Note: http://link.marktplaats.nl/740880346
IBM Pentium 3: http://link.marktplaats.nl/755174816
IBM Model M: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753154720
IBM Model M: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753156475
IBM Model M: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753157874
IBM Model M: http://link.marktplaats.nl/746094800
Philips HCS110: http://link.marktplaats.nl/753733315
Philips P2230: http://link.marktplaats.nl/751896708
Philips NMS9100: http://link.marktplaats.nl/719506700
Trident VLB VGA: http://link.marktplaats.nl/750749680
Sound Blaster (2.0?) manual: http://link.marktplaats.nl/724702937
Tulip PC: http://link.marktplaats.nl/750250845
Tandon 486: http://link.marktplaats.nl/744367796
 
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devnull said:
Helping out our European brethren?

How much would you charge to keep your weathered eye on the midwestern classifieds? Every automated craigslist (and other) search engine I've tried has really not worked well.
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Have you tried the google search 'site:craigslist.org (thing to search for)'? It works, but it will show you expired listings as well.
 
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