Agreed. I was at Kinko's about a month ago which was purchased by Federal Express several years ago. Now Kinkos is a drop off point for Fed Ex. Anyway, when I was there I saw a sign that said Fed Ex would box up and ship and it was guaranteed.
I was going to go see what he has, post it here and if there is something that someone wants, get a quote from Fed Ex to box and ship and you can decide if its worth it or not. A little gas and a little of my time and maybe one of you might be grateful enough to help me figure out why my Classic won't mount my external hard drive. Plus I'm just a hell of a nice guy and the next thing I know, some jerk is accusing me of scamming you all. No good deed goes unpunished, I guess. What a world! But you are right about Moose. It seems that he wants someone to pay him a lot of money for the lot. Maybe someone in the business will. Someone who has the time and space to resell everything individually and make a profit. I'm beginning to think thats what has happened. It's been a week and he does not seem interested in letting come to his place. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Snook, John R <john.sn...@xerox.com> wrote: > > I agree with what you said. I gave away a bunch of Mac classic, and it > was a hassle. > It was hard to pack them so they wouldn't brake in shipping. The most > expensive one to ship was $36 from Or to Fl. About a third of the people > that said they wanted one bailed after finding the shipping costs. Also > some where really picky about what they wanted, and wanted me to do a > lot of work to satisfy them. > And I was doing it all for free! Most people where very nice about it. > And if I did it again I would charge something for my time. > As far as dollar signs in the sellers eyes, He can't expect to get top > dollar for a lot. I he wants them all gone he has to take less. A lot > less. > I would take cash, and tell him I'll take them all as is, no testing, > just load them in the truck for free. If you want me to pay, I want to > test them. The more you want, the more testing. > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > [mailto:vintage-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:39 AM > To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: garage full of Macs > > > I've been following this conversation awhile now and I have been amazed > at the lack of understanding of how most of the stuff likes this works. > That and the greed of all the people thinking they are going to get > something for free. Many that say they will pay shipping now will balk > when they see how much it actually costs to ship a computer across the > country. > > Who is going to ship off 15 old macs to people for nothing ? Sure one or > two to help people out but, 15-20 ? Thats a full time job. Do you > realize how much labor is involved in packing and shipping 20 computers > ? What about all the packing material you have to buy ? Where do you > store them all and how do you get rid of all the junk that doesn't work > or nobody wants ? All your time testing them ? What happens if one > doesn't make it in shipping ? > > None of you are really seeing this through. You are trying to encourage > a guy to drive out, spend $500 (or more) , haul a big truck full of macs > (somewhere ?), and then send you a free computer. Once you see see a > SE/30 costs $45 to ship to you in Florida you probably aren't going to > be up for giving him another $50 for his 'efforts'. > > The guy has a garage full of 'junk' he wants cleared. He wants it all > gone in one quick swoop. He also thinks its worth something but, > probably more wants it gone. The key is it all goes away at once. The > more people hound him about it the more he starts to suspect it may be > worth more then he thought. Even if its not. This stuff is. It is also > insanely easy to do a search of any model name in that pile on ebay and > see some crazy buy it now price. By now he is probably already thinking > he's got a fortune on his hands when he was just trying to clear out his > father in law's storage locker. That or sitting there getting tired of > all the questions that don't lead to all this junk going away. > > The only hope of getting this lot was probably saying you would be there > in 2 hours with your truck to take it all and you would only pay $100. I > suspect its too late now and he will eventually just break off contact > if he hasn't already. Either because he decides hes going get rich > selling it piece by piece or he's tired of people wasting his time and > he calls the local e-cycler to actually make it go away. > > > > > jjv wrote: > > It sounds like a scam to me > > joe > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
