[GreenKeys] Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (Clear Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.

[bill at billhorne.homelinux.org]

> On  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:49:03 -0800, Tony Podrasky said:
> Hey Steve;
> 
> Well, yesterday a guy listed a 28-KSR for $1,000.oo.
> 
> They probably don't know what the machines are really worth and
> are just picking a number out of the air.
> 
> Since we are (probably) the only one's that would be interested
> in such an item, we pretty much control the supply-and-demand.
> 
> If someone is interested in it, they might consider letting the
> guy know that "if it doesn't sell, I'll take it off your hands
> for $100.oo".
> 
> Like at a ham radio flea market, when it comes to closing time,
> some "expensive" items can be got for cheap because the seller
> either doesn't want to lug it back home - or he is under orders
> that in "no-way-shape-or-form" are you to come back with that
> monstrosity!!!

I agree with Tony: the guy just guessed and hoped for luck. 

If two or three people send him offers that are in the "reasonable"
range, he'll get the message. Of course, he might assume that everyone
who mails him is a dealer trying to lowball the item, and figure he
should hang on to it for a while, but (as another member pointed out)
at least he won't junk it.

BTW, I've been off the air for a while: is "Good Old Fashioned" FSK at
45 baud still a viable mode?

Bill, W1AC

P.S. I added a "References" header to this post in case this list is
gatewayed to Usenet. Should I bother with that in the future?