Re: Apple II VGA video card and the IIgs

["Henry" <apl2research(at)comcast.net>]

Hey guys.

As far as a market size goes, I would say the Apple II market is about 5000 
people but only about 10-15% of them actively use their Apple II's.  Of 
those 500-600 people most actively shop on eBay and about 10% of them have 
purchased items from our online Store.  We have over 50 unique customers and 
the numbers have been growing at a fair rate since advertising items on 
eBay.  We'll probably have over 150 by years end.

Is there money to be made in Apple II items?  Sure, but the dollar to work 
ratio is quote low.  Most of the profits have been reinvested in our 
Website.  I do like having the excuse to be able to buy new tools though. 
;-)

Price is also relative for a product.  I know people who can't justify to 
spend $35 for a No-Slot Clock and others that buy a BlueDisk or MicroDrive 
for every system they own.  Our single largest sale has been over $500 and 
our best month which was last month was about $1600 in sales.  Our average 
sale is about $70.  As we add new products the sales should continue to 
grow.

So there's a little market info, or at least some basic numbers that I work 
with.  I still can't tell if the market is growing or shrinking, but I do 
receive emails from people who are getting back in to Apple II's asking 
advice, questions and buying things.  To me at least it 'feels' like it's 
growing, at least a little.  I know the amount of auctions on eBay for Apple 
II items is always on the rise.  I hope it's people only cleaning out their 
closets and not throwing in the towel.


-- 
Henry S. Courbis
www.GSE-Reactive.com
Apple II Series Legacy Hardware - Come take a look at what we have to offer!


"Poster" <Poster-no-spam@aurora.cotse.net.invalid> wrote in message 
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> PZ wrote:
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>> Frankly, I think $200 for any Apple II product is insane and way out of
>> line unless you only want to sell less than 10.  The A2 market is
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> Let's say that someone creates an SVGA card for the Apple IIe/gs. It's a
> good quality card. It has all the standard modes and say two or three
> higher-res modes. It's well-supported by the developer. Prices for
> cruddy SVGA cards fetch over hundreds of dollars on E-bay, and everyone
> has wanted an SVGA card for a long, long time. Despite all of this, only
> nine people buy the card, because it costs too much.
>
> *deadpan expression*
>
> -- Poster
> www.intaligo.com    Building, INFORM, doom metal
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