[GreenKeys] Value of Teletype Machines...

[Don Robert House]

We all need to remember what Lar told me in the past.
Value in these machines is a moving thing.  Money itself is a moving  
thing.
It is hard to hit a moving target.

I worked for a HIGH top craftsman's salary in 1966 at $107.50 a week.
These machines sold for $1,000 - $2,500 when new.
Todays equivalent dollar value of those 1960-1980 prices would knock  
us off the cliff.
I remember my dad having a fit in 1957 when the ethyl at the pump was  
75 cents a gallon.

Best,
Don
K9TTY


On 19 Mar 2011, at 8:54 PM, Larry Tighe wrote:

My mom's '67 Valiant with 44,000 is/was priceless to me....no rust,  
always
inside stored.   Today, I started it, first time in a year.  I think it
ain't priceless to me anymore and gonna sell it....somehow, I don't  
think
any buyer will think it's priceless....and so will go that Model  
28ASR.  The
market will determine unless, of course, the gov't starts to regulate  
these
things too! ! !

lar
K2JIA

lar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>
To: "'Jim Haynes'" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>; "'tony j. podrasky'"
<tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
Cc: "'gk'" <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
(ClearSpring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.


I would love to have that machine, so I wrote him asking if he had  
slipped
decimal point when he posted his listing. I also inquired if he had  
done any
research of recent Teletype market prices. He wrote back this evening  
and
appreciated the information I provided, but the machine was priceless  
to him
and the price was still $1,000. I guess we will know where to find this
machine in the future. I don't believe it is going anywhere soon.

Cheers,

Steve Ripper
steveripper at comcast.net
Mobile: 248-787-0705

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Haynes [mailto:jhhaynes at earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 11:54 AM
To: tony j. podrasky
Cc: steveripper at comcast.net; gk
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR  
(Clear
Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.

The good thing about the $1000 KSR is that if the seller thinks it's  
that
valuable he won't be dumping it into the landfill right away.

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