Your degree of experience in purchasing on E-bay is a factor. The price will often jump significantly on such newer machines in the last two or three seconds, and to win such an auction without overpaying (by getting into a bidding war when one should have waited for another opportunity) takes some experience. Remember that you need operating systems, etc., and that what you see on E-bay is not exactly like going to a store and buying a known quantity.
However once becoming knowledgable, auctions like that can be a good source of inexpensive equipment, and is worth considering. In my opinion it would depend on your objectives, since the results as well as the costs will be quite different. I bought several machines on e-bay, and the pricing made them quite effiective for my unique needs for some old equipment. However the shipping costs in my case made them more expensive than I could have picked up equivalent machines at loca exchange markets -- If I had wanted to take the time to look for a bargain. Once again this depends on your objectives including how you value your time as compared to a good bargain. -- Gordon Elliott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Quadlist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:24 PM Subject: power pc help > I just saw a all in one power pc on e-bay. it had a 1.1 gig hd. i just > bought a lc 580. do you think i should invest in the power pc or just keep > the lc580? -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
