Re: [M100] Is this for real?

I think we tend to forget that e.g. $200.00 is not the same for someone making $20,000 as it is for someone making $200,000... m - Original Message - From: Christopher C To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Is this for real

Re: [M100] Is this for real?

I have usually been able to find the retro computers that I was after, at a reasonably low price, by being patient and alert (automated and manual eBay searches, looking in CL, word-of-mouth). However there have been times that I had some extra money and did not want to wait years for a

Re: [M100] Is this for real?

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

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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,

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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

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Retro gear is just sometimes expensive. $4k for an imsai 8080 isn't unheard of. On 14 Feb. 2018 2:37 pm, "Chris Fezzler" 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

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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 wrote: “Retro”

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“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

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Fake to drive up prices? On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎13‎, ‎2018‎ ‎09‎:‎10‎:‎23‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EST, Kevin Becker 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.

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Yeah, there was a NIB TPDD2 few weeks back for $60 BIN. It got snached from me literally as I was clicking to buy it... These two crazy auctions though... Now the next 5 T102s listed will be $499 BIT, you just watch... On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Kevin Becker wrote:

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Could always be shill bidders. Or Bill G is getting into the hobby. — John.

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Same seller though. I call shenanigans. On Feb 13, 2018 9:10 PM, "Kevin Becker" 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

[M100] Is this for real?

Check these two auctions that just ended... Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2 and Tandy-102