ill trade a cannon xl1 for it On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Mike Meiser <groups-yahoo-...@mmeiser.com>wrote:
> "fail deal" > lol > > I meant to say fair deal. > > That was a freudian slip if I've ever seen one. > > ... yet somehow I managed to use new age internet speak so I guess that's > at > least a testament to my geek-hip-ness. > > I even make freudian slips in 1337 speak. > > Massive fail. > > Please at the very least have a laugh at my expense. :) > > Let this be a lesson on how NOT to sell a macbook. > > Peace, > > -Mike > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Mike Meiser > <groups-yahoo-...@mmeiser.com <groups-yahoo-com%40mmeiser.com>>wrote: > > > > Aha... umm... I guess I'm a big honking idiot. > > I failed to realize how cheap the top of the line macbooks were. $2800 > > isn't the entry level one either. It's pretty much fully loaded. Even > comes > > with 4gig ram. This includes shipping, but not tax. Of course it's not > > actually shipping until 3-4 weeks, but still. > > > > It was not my intention, nor my friends to post this overpriced. Please > > forgive me. > > > > I'd also like to point out the apple factory refurb page has four 2.6 ghz > > on sale for $2300 > > http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac > > > > Those posted on apples site have much smaller drives and only two gigs of > > ram, but they're still a superb deal. > > > > I therefore apologize for being a nuisance and suggest if you do want a > > deal on one you buy it from the refurb page and buy ram through a third > > party and upgrade it yourself. > > > > If you do want to make my friend an offer I supposed you could still > email > > him. I suspect he might take something around $2500-2700, but to be > honest > > I'm not sure what would be considered a fail deal now that I've seen the > > price on the refurbs and the new models. > > > > On a side note, it's amazing how fast these things depreciate in a year. > > I'm quite certain that's at least $1k less then he paid for it. > > > > Still. It's better than the depreciation on a car I guess. > > > > My apologies. > > > > -Mike > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Irina > > <irina...@gmail.com<irinaski%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > >> yeah i was thinking the same thing > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Steve Watkins > >> <st...@dvmachine.com<steve%40dvmachine.com> > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> > But the new 17" costs $2799 from Apple, so how can he expect to get > >> $3k > >> > for it? What am I > >> > missing? > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > Steve Elbows > >> > > >> > --- In > >> > videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > 40yahoogroups.com>, > >> > Mike Meiser <groups-yahoo-...@...> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > He's hoping to get $3k for it. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://geekentertainment.tv > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
