First of all, why would anyone pay the sticker price when the seller said "or best offer"? And secondly, for as long as I can remember there have always been 2-3 Pets on ebay at any given time and that hasn't seemed to drop the price. Some computers hold their price very well, despite a flood in the market. I think 70 people would gladly pay the current market rate for a working or non-working machine. If I had the time/space and maybe a partner to work on this with, I'd gladly offer $2500 or so and take my chances! Even if you only get 12-15 of them working, that's your money back right there!
I'm not so sure about that. Part of the problem is that I'm so far away, I have to add about $1500 travel cost. So for me, that $2500 becomes $4000. That means I would have to sell 15 of them for $266 each (or 30 for $133) to get my money back. Also, who knows how many of them are broken, and how many good ones you'll get? Also, you're right, there's always 2-3 PETs on ebay at any given time, listed for outrageous prices that nobody pays. Don't use the current listings, look at completed listings.
For example:
1 PET 4016 listed for $200 NOT SOLD
1 PET 8032 sold for $227.50. (that's pretty good)
1 PET 4016 sold for $49.00
I want to repeat, I'm not someone wanting to just make a ton of money, I just want to be able to make my money back, and maybe keep a couple PETs for myself. I've got 3 8032s already, and one 4016. I'd like to own a 2001.
Also, the seller says there's only 1 8050 disk drive included, but there are a dozen empty cases, for what that's worth. With the exception of the one visible C= drive on top, the pile on the right side of the picture has nothing to do with the PETs for sale.