Notice that the seller advertised the TDD as "mint" condition. When the buyer finds out the drive belt has turned to goo, the seller can always say "Oh, that's the chocolate coating on the mint that must have melted off into the drive"😆
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Frederick Whitaker <rrtfw6...@charter.net> wrote: > 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> 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> 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> 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> wrote: >> >> Fake to drive up prices? >> >> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:10:23 PM EST, Kevin >> Becker <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> 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?? >> >> >> > -- Barry Rands, PE, LEED AP 81 Encanto Lane San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-704-1549 (cell) 805-783-2038 (home)
