Re: FS: APPLE IIGS

[shack@onyx-206.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

[big snip]

: >Well I got a ROM 01 box for $10 last fall. Also got a complete signature
: >edition system with ROM 0, a monitor, and a drive of each kind for $80 at
: >a used computer store around that time. So it totally depends on where you 
: >look.

: But Randy, he's a SELLER.  We're supposed to give GOOD advice so
: that he can get the best sale value.

So we're supposed to convince someone selling Apple II stuff to try to get
more money than they plan to. Is that the deal? Let me guess, to not do
that is "insulting the Apple II" right?

Since I own six IIgs boxes, I'm not in the market so it's neither here nor
there to me what this guy asks or accepts for his stuff. But when I'm trying
to buy something, I'm in the habit of trying to get it for the least possible 
amount.

: >>: dollars. I don't see a bargain. If I don't like a pc and command lines,
: >>: why would i get the IIGS. It was good back in the day, but now....
: >>
: >>Surprise, surprise.  $250 for a IIgs is probably what you'd expect to
: >>pay now in most marketplaces.  If you want a reconditioned IIgs system,
: >>they go for around $400.....

: >
: >Maybe at Sun Remarketing or something, the people who sell //e logic boards
: >for $200 plus. But if you find a school dumping stuff, you could get some 
: >stuff pretty cheaply. When you can buy a Quadra box for $400, it would be
: >hard to imagine the average computer buyer spending that amount on a IIgs.

: That Quadra seems a bit undervalued at $400.  But seriously, when
: you are getting a computer for word processing, it really makes
: not much of a difference.  I'd rather have the GS (unless you want
: to unload that Quadra for $150.  :)

Well maybe in the alternate universe where a IIgs system can still fetch $400.
I've seen 20 mb Quadra 700s in the $300s in the forsale groups. If I were
to put my Quadra 840av with 56 mb, 2 mb VRAM, gig hard disk, and 4X CD on
the market, I'd be amazed if I could get even $900.

: >Followups set to csa2 only since I don't expect that anyone else wants to see 
: >the normal amount of BS that a thread like this generates.

: csa2 folks don't like to see BS either.  It is just that we see your
: anti-Apple II attacks as BS also.  I don't see why you Mac advocates
: are giving the seller a hard time.

Funny you mention Mac advocates. The original poster posted into several
inappropriate groups, including comp.sys.mac.advocacy. What in the crap
do you expect to have happen if you post to an advocacy group about something
other than what the group's for? I cut down the followup-to groups to keep
those people from flooding this group with more of that. If you can muster
enough thought capacity to grasp this concept, you'll agree that it was a
good idea to do so.

As always, I will not dignify that "anti-Apple II attacks" comment with a 
response.
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