Re: Apple IIe for $250??

["Ernest" <ernestls@attbi.NOSPAM.com>]

"Chris" <cmerrill@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Patrick Schaefer wrote:
> > Value always depends on the buyer. I just sold an Apple IIe with monitor
> > for $250 (yes, twohundredfifty) on ebay. Half a year ago these machines
> > were around $20...
>
> Given that the //e seem to be going for $30 - what was so special
> about yours?  Or better yet, what did you say about it in your
> listing that made someone pay 5 times what most others would pay?
>
> I just got one for free!  Actually, I was buyting a DuoDisk and a
> Apple Disk I/O card...he didn't feel like pulling the card out,
> so he gave me the whole computer :)

Maybe he listed it as "an original Apple II computer" the way so many dorks
seem to do. I can't tell you how many times I've opened a listed auction only
to discover that it's really an Apple II+ or even an Apple IIe or IIgs. I'm
always annoyed by that, and it makes me feel like I opened a box and a
pie-on-a-spring flew out and nailed me right in the face... and my mouth is
open when it hits. Grrr.

E.