I've heard horror stories about Craigslist but I've had nothing but wonderful experiences and I've met some great people that I continue to call "friend". I think the key to good experiences on Craigslist (at least as far a the vintage Mac collector) is to deal locally only. Face to face and if you are not sure or if someone seems the least bit creepy, meet in a public place.
My most recent experience was several weeks ago. A gentleman was moving across the country and didn't have room to take everything. He was selling a Color Classic, an SE 30, several SE Superdrive's in need of some work, a box of hard drives, another box of 20 or 30 card's (mostly modems but video and other types of cards) and a lot of software. So I called him to see how much he wanted and he said a "thank you" was all he wanted for them. I love the "F" word. . . "free". I've also gotten a Mac Classic, a Mac clone, a 512ke, a Plus and an Apple IIc from. The Classic and the clone was free. The 512ke and the Plus were apart of a lot. I sold everything else and tripled my money. So it was like getting the 512ke and the Plus for free. And I paid $60 for the Apple IIc. Very reasonable. Since this is the iMac list, I should mention my two iMacs. Both are about 10 years old. One of them came from the school that my sister teaches. When they were done with them, they game them away. I took one. About a year later, I got another, slightly newer iMac from a thrift store for $10. I brought the thrift store iMac home and installed Tiger. It has a 20 gig hard drive. Much bigger then the first. Thats when the sound disappeared. That was about 6 months ago. I've been trying to get the sound back since then. I tried everything I could think of. Yes, I checked to see if the volume is turned up. And, yes, the computer IS plugged into an electrical outlet and the computer IS turned on. Anyway, Craigslist has been a great experience for me. Just a little caution, common sense and a lot of patience and you can net some great deals. My better deals then I could have gotten on eBay. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Judith Rosenbaum <jmr2...@att.net> wrote: > Elliott wrote: > "Try posting over at the LEM list, looking on eBay, or posting on your > local > Craigslist. The LEM list is great for buying/selling Macs and Mac related > stuff. > With eBay, you might have to watch for a while for one of those particular > models to show up". > ---------------------------- > Thanks for the suggestions. I've had mostly great experiences with eBay, > craigslist, etc., but when it comes to a big-ticket item, I'm hesitant. I've > had one new iMac, three used iMacs; this time I want brand, spankin' new > MacBook! I will look into the LEM list, though. > > Regards, > Judith Rosenbaum > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to > imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<imaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
