There are people out there that go by the rule "Buy low, Sell High."
They know that there are fools out there that think the Tandy Portables
are real "antiques" and might be a good financial investment. It is
unfortunate that such people are out there.
Fred Whitaker
On 2/14/2018 6:20 AM, Chris Kmiec wrote:
I don't have a problem paying good money for retro stuff that warrants
it. I enjoy playing with the Tandy portables, one if the reasons being
because they are so cheap to find. I don't have to worry about babying
them too much.
I could maybe see $300-400 for a sealed, NIB 102. MAYBE $500. $800 for
a used one is just plain crazy - either two bidders that have way too
much money, or eBay fraud.
On Feb 13, 2018 10:04 PM, "Doug Jackson" <d...@doughq.com
<mailto:d...@doughq.com>> wrote:
Retro gear is just sometimes expensive. $4k for an imsai 8080
isn't unheard of.
On 14 Feb. 2018 2:37 pm, "Chris Fezzler" <fezz...@yahoo.com
<mailto:fezz...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
I found it fun to buy computers from when the industry was
battling with innovations and different form factors. A lot
of real innovative engineers out there.
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:34:16 PM
EST, Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org
<mailto:ke...@kevinbecker.org>> wrote:
“Retro” computing stuff seems to be going up in price lately.
Even things that didn’t seem very retro to me. Look at the
prices for old 486/pentium machines. There are some wild
ideas about the value of a generic beige x86 tower.
On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Chris Fezzler <fezz...@yahoo.com
<mailto:fezz...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Fake to drive up prices?
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:10:23 PM
EST, Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org
<mailto:ke...@kevinbecker.org>> wrote:
I was watching the TPDD2 and was disappointed when it went
over $100 because one went for $60 or $70 a week ago.
It makes no sense they went so high. It looks like to two
different buyers too.
On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Chris Kmiec <ckmi...@gmail.com
<mailto:ckmi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Check these two auctions that just ended...
Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2-Mint-in-box-26-3814-Model-100-102-200-w-power-supply/152897129123?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT>
and
Tandy-102
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-102-Radio-Shack-Portable-Computer-Laptop-26-3803-Mint-in-box-power-supply/152897142799?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT>
How, why, WHAT??
