Re: FS: Zip GSX Accelerator 7mhz 8K, New Price

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wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill) wrote:

>BasmntSale (basmntsale@aol.com) wrote:
>: Agreed, this card is a little expen$ive, but the last accelerator I saw on
eBay
>: went for well over $265.  The broken one went for over $100!  As far as what
I
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>: but if you've been out hunting for one, you know how rare these puppies are
and
>: how much you'll have to pay to get one!  If you think the price will come
down
>
>Rare?  Expensive?  Heck, I stumbled across a complete IIgs with a TransWarp GS
>and other goodies in August.  CAN $75 for the whole thing.  Now the people who
>are trying to pass these things as rare are either pulling the wool over
>everybody's eyes, or I am the luckiest person on earth.  Perhaps both.

You are lucky.  I agree that the user trying to sell a _7Mhz/8k_
base model for $300 is overpriced.  I think maybe $150 is more
reasonable.  But these really are rare.  I have yet to find a
ZipGS or a TWGS hiding in a thrift shop IIGS and I've seen
many such IIGSes.

Yes, being lucky is possible.  You found a loaded unit for
$75 and that really IS lucky.  I've seen many many IIGS units
and have yet to seen an accelerator hiding in them.

That's why Herbert, a Canadian csa2 reader, is so bumbed
about his TWGS dying.

If you wanted to let go of your TWGS, you can easily sell
it for $150.  If you had a 15Mhz or 16Mhz one, it'll go for
much more.  And if you are the one user who has the
20Mhz TWGS, it WILL go for $300.  ;-)

>The way that I see it is that the prices for these things are high because
>a few people will pay whatever to get it now.  The trick is patience, and
>finding somebody who knows that you will appreciate the part/system.  You
>will find rare/unique stuff almost every time.

Possible.  But I have to stress, you really ARE lucky.
The user who parted with that TWGS must have not
known how rare they are.  Most of the TWGS and ZipGS
cards are still owned by the folks who purchased them
new.