[GreenKeys] Model 15 on Ebay

[David Christ]

More likely to be the fate of M15 stuff than M28.  The more “modern” curves of the 28 has much less appeal then the Victorian appearance of the 15.

David K0LUM


On Apr 24, 2014, at 8:30 AM, tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com> wrote:

> GM OMs;
> 
> Well, he's got a point: sometimes you can sell the parts
> easier and for more money than the whole unit.
> 
> I used to collect one specific laptop. At one point in time
> the laptop was selling for $25.oo on eBay.
> 
> But if you could bide your time, you could sell the CDROM, the
> DVD, the battery, and the HDD carrier for $10-20 EACH, the memory
> for $50-100, and then list the laptop skeleton for parts (?).
> 
> If we were still in the hay-day of Teletype machines, I'd bet
> that he could clean-up selling that 15 as parts. Heck - if you
> are missing a keytop, and his are clean, he could probably get
> $5.oo to $10.oo for the one "you just gotta have to complete your
> model 15".  :-)
> 
> UE,
> W6ESE - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
> 
> 
> On 04/24/2014 05:19 AM, Jack Hart wrote:
>> I contacted the nearby Missouri person who has the Model 15 on Ebay listed
>> 
>> for $300. I asked that if they relist, at a lower starting cost,
>> it might sell. I did not mention a price.
>> 
>> This is the response I got (notice the Missouri grammar...):
>> 
>> when I get stuff like that I always try to sell it for what I want to
>> make out of it and I when it don't I'll break it down and usually get
>> what I want selling it to people that do Steampunk art...I just try to
>> save time by giving it ah go as ah whole. I'm sorry but we probably to
>> far apart on what I want to get and what you want to give...besides I
>> usually make out better in steampunk...and I don't want to waist your
>> time and all... again I'm sorry
>> 
>> Jack K0TTY
>> 
>> NNNN
>> 
> 
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