I tend to agree with Stuart -- and you're not being negative, Stuart, just realistic. However, I suspect the SE/30 will more than justify the packing and "handling" fee. Compacts for parts are just kind of pointless to sell, especially if the analogue board is what's not working. I would list them both for $.99 as is anyone is going to buy them at all they'll be willing to pay for the shipping, but little more -- If the computer is actually worth anything, the low price will attract a lot of attention and the market will drive the price up, sometime more than it's worth as people remember that $.99 price and even though they are overbidding think they are still getting a deal. The only time to use the reserve price is if you are fishing for the value of your item, or if it is particularly valuable and you want to make sure you have every opportunity to sell it for what it's worth. If you truly want to get rid of it, getting a premium on ebay should be of little concern, particularly since ebay charges you for just about everything now, including a reserve price auction.
Lastly, you might be better off selling the SE/30 as an fully working "upgraded" SE, if the case is as bad as you as you say it is. It would be a simple matter to transfer the SE/30 guts into the SE case -- a common procedure in the original SE/30 upgrade for the SE with the original chassis that was too low for the SE/30 logic board (It came with a new chassis and bezel). However, later SEs had the same chassis and did not need to switch bezels to use the new logic board. Any expansion card seems to cause a bidding fever regardless of how useful it is (but specify that it is an SE/30 expansion card to avoid confusion is you sell it in the SE case). Also, depending on what the Radius card is, you might get more for it if it's not tied to SE/30 which someone might already have. Then, sell just the SE logic board by itself which is valuable for just the Superdrive SWIM and ROMs alone and costs much less to ship. Good luck! > From: Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 20 Jun 2005, at 06:33, Scott Baret wrote: > First to go will be an SE I got for parts and an SE/30 > that works well, has some kind of Radius card, yet has > a case that looks like it was physically absued. The > regular SE is a SuperDrive model but has a bum analog > board and floppy (the floppy is fixable because I have > a ton of spares). > > From a view 3000 miles away, compacts selling on eBay.com have got to > have something special about them to make them worth the effort of > selling and packing and posting, unless you don't mind spending a > couple of hours, or more, to get $10-15 max. > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
