Re: Interest inquiry

[grent@comcast.net]

Michael Black wrote:
> (eavedesian@comcast.net) writes:
> > schmidtd wrote:
> >> eavedesian@comcast.net wrote:
> >> > I have a fully working Apple IIGS with the original memory expansion
> >> > card and a sound-blaster audio card. Also had, Imagewriter II printer.
> >> > RGB monitor. 2 @ 3.5 inch floppy drives and 1 5.25 inch floppy assorted
> >> > software.
> >> >
> >> > Question is. Is there any interest in this computer in this day and
> >> > age? If so what would be the price point?
> >>
> >> Absolutely.  Sell it on eBay.  The price point is whatever the market
> >> will bear - which seems to be quite a lot these days.
> >
> > Looking at Ebay though it is only worth about 50.00. It really isn't
> > worth my time to list it for that price. Am I missing anything?
> >
> The assumption that when it came out it cost hundreds of dollars, so
> you think the used price should be a good percentage of the original
> price?
>
> But it's a twenty year old design, and the only people actually using
> them are out of the mainstream, and only a small number of those would
> be using it as their only computer.
>
> Or maybe there's an assumption that because it is a twenty year
> old computer it should carry a high price.  But they were relatively
> common, and only a relative handful of people are actually interested
> in them.  There have been years for people to get them used, so each
> year the number who are seeking them diminish.
>
> IN order to carry a high price as a collector's item, there have to
> be few in existence, either because few were manufactured or because
> most have long been scrapped, and there has to be people willing to pay
> a high price.
>
> ANd except as a collector's item, they have no practicaly use.  Plenty
> of more recent computers are available if someone really needs a cheap
> computer for something, and they are too old to be what they were
> once bought for, an actual workhorse.  You'd have to go back a decade
> or more in order to find people who might see it as an alternative to
> whatever was current back then.
>
> I suspect if it was a complete system, there might be a higher price
> attached to it.  Because additional items may have been less common.
> On the other hand, a complete system might be a liability, given
> that most people who are interested have some of the items already,
> which means they'd be buying (and paying for shipping) things they
> don't need.
>
>   Michael

 I would say it is not worth his time for anything less, than say
$100.00. That is he has to take test it maybe, take pictures of it,
find boxes, pack it, weigh it, then list it. and maybe take it to the
P.O. He may feel his time and effort are worth far more than the effort
and time invested in it.

Just my thoughts.

Take Care