FS:Zip GSX Accelerator 7mhz 8K, Price Slashed

[basmntsale@aol.com (BasmntSale)]

As rare as they come...

I have ONE working 7mhz Zip GSX version 1.02 with 8K of cache...

For sale...

STILL!!!  (Incredibly!!!)

Rare toy...

Software manual on disk included...

This is the card you've wanted for years...  

And my asking price has been SLASHED!

This card is was on sale for 300 US dollars...

...Then $275...

...and...there are now nibbles...

So in order to get you fence-sitters out there going, it's now down to a much
more tempting $245 US dollars!  (And you three fence-sitters know who you are
because this came in your email, today.)

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 $100!  As far as what I
paid for this card back in 1990 or so, let's not go there.  Please, do not
insult me with email offering me anything less than 245 bucks; and, don't post
after me how expen$ive (or overpriced) it is.  Yes, I know it's a high price;
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 in time...

Well...

This card's next (and final) stop is on eBay!  Next week!!  Looking at my
pricing history, you can pretty much guess the reserve is going to be hefty! 
AAAAUGH!!!  (Yes.  I know.  Shame on me for wanting to recoup some to most of
my long departed money without the buying power or interest.)

So, what's it going to be?  Pick up this cool, rare card now or be beaten out
at the last 3 seconds on eBay?

Buyer pays shipping.  I will only ship through UPS or similar, professional
service.  I will ship overseas.  (International order?  No problem!)  Buyer
must prepay by cashier's check or money order only!  Oh, and I am shipping from
the United States, of course.  First person to email me accepting these terms
gets this card.  If payment is not received within 7 days, that person will
loose out to the next person in line.

The card remains on the market exclusively to comp.sys.apple2...

But not for long...  (Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock. 
Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick. 
Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock. 
Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick. 
Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock. 
Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.)



Now, please indulge me as I fritter away even more bandwidth to answer a few
questions and comments.

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>From: CUTblakeney@home.com  (Jeff Blakeney)
>. . . you are selling a 9 year, used old electronic
>device for more than it was selling for brand new (unless you bought
>it directly from Zip Technology when it was first released for $350)

$245 now is does not have the same buying power as $245 then.

>but without the warranty and with no way of knowing how much longer
>the components on that board will last.

The electronic components that make up the board don't move.  While they are
old, they aren't tubes.  (As I'm sure you realize.)  They are highly unlikely
to fail; that's why society runs on them as opposed to, say, on a "highly
reliable" floppy disk that my purchased copy of the excellent language GSoft
BASIC arrived on.  (A shameless plug and a good jab to the ribs. :)

> Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the price as I'd love to
> see that be the going rate for ZipGSX's as I have two working and one
> not working here.  :-)

Eh...  This won't determine anything except I'm a money-hungry, scoundrel in a
lot of people's eyes!  :)  Except to the person who winds up with the card who
might look at me a tad more graciously for putting the card on the block in the
first place.

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>From: wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca  (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)
>
>> Buyer pays shipping.  I will only ship through UPS or similar, professional
>> service.  I will ship overseas.  (International order?  No problem!)  Buyer
>For the price you're asking, you can sure be cheap. 

Nope.  I've just played "What's Appropriate Shipping" more often than you.  :)

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>From: supertimer@aol.com  (Supertimer)
>
>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!  
>>> <snip>
>>> 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!
>> 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.  <snip>
>
>>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.

Incredibly lucky!  I need to shop where you do!  :)

Thank you for weighing in on the "rarity" question, Supertimer.

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>From: wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca  (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)
>
>I think that my point is we see these things come up for sale every couple of
>months.  There is no luck there, as these are very public sales to get the
>price.  People who are looking for these cards really ought to be able to
>find such sales more frequently (they are looking for the card, I am not).
>So hold your shirts on, as another card is just around the corner!

In my - and I suspect most other people's - book:

Every Couple of Months < > Just Around The Corner

> So good luck to all the people who
> need the card, and be gone shameless money mongers and collectors.  Let the
> real users play.

This may come as a surprise to you, but I happen to use my GS on a regular
basis.

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>From: supertimer@aol.com  (Supertimer)
>>> The card would be worth that much if it were faster than the
>>> 7Mhz version (the low end version).  If you modified it to go
>>> at least 10Mhz or preferably at least 12.5Mhz, folks will
>>> snap up the card at your offering price.
>>But if I screw up the upgrade, then what happens?  I own a dead card and the
>>Apple II community looses a rare piece of equipment.  The risk is too great.
>Some users manage to speed up the 7Mhz card to 10Mhz
>by simply changing the oscillator.  Risk is minimal unless
>you plug in the osc upside down.  Unlikely if you take a
>good look at it.  The osc is worth a few dollars ($1 to $3
>maybe) but it proves the card to potential buyers.  It says
>that yours is really a 10Mhz card.

Again if the future owner is willing to take the risk, great!  I'm sure he /
she will be looking for assistance.

Me?  I'm VERY uninterested in doing this!

>Email Louis Cornelio for more info cornelio@san.rr.com
>about doing this.  As easy as plugging in a battery.  Just
>ask Louis.  He turned his 7Mhz card into a 10Mhz one
>just like that.  No soldering.
>
>Zip Technology used to charge $100 for the upgrade.

...and some people characterize ME as a money-hungry, scoundrel!  :)

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>From: mmcginley@STOPSPAMkscable.com  (Michael W. McGinley)
>
>> You have that "Go for the Checkbook" look in your eyes...  (Better wait
>> until you see my asking price, though :)
>I did see it and i had the " hold face over crapper look "
>I can buy a new G3 card for my mac for less !

And still be left out by Apple.  This is . . . good . . . ? . . .

...but, I digress.

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>From: "Michael Hint" michaelhint@wycol.com 
>
>Still a saleman, trying to make a fast buck!! HA! HA! HA!!

I wouldn't characterize the passing of three weeks as "fast."

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>From: "Andrew T. Foster" knight@arsenal.com 
>
>   Put down the crack pipe.
>
>   C

Yeah since it is yours, you'll be glad to see I'm returning it to you full.  I
like my reality, not yours!  :)

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>From: mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca
>>expen$ive, but the last accelerator I saw on eBay went for well over $265.
>Wasn't that one brand-new-in-the-box with the ORIGINAL shrink-wrap? Yours
>is used therefore considerably overpriced.

Ah...  But mine is known to WORK making it much more valuable to users!

BTW:  ORIGINAL shrink-wrap is quite easy to purchase.  And you can end up
paying for an empty box.  Don't be fooled!  Insist on seeing what you pay for!