I though he meant the "garage sale" seems like a scam...
-Elliott (Formerly Cyrus)
On Jul 7, 2009, at 9:39 AM, d.colvin d.colvin wrote:
> And you are not following the thread to closely. Here is the quote
> copied and pasted:
>
> "It sounds like a scam to me
> joe"
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Britt Dodd <brittman...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> I didnt mean to accuse anyone of ripping anybody off. My story was
> only to let you know that I know these things cost alot to ship, but
> im willing to pay for these old guys, since they *are* getting
> harder to find. I've been looking for some time now to find a nice
> all-in-one or even a nice 9600 tower. You are doing a great thing,
> these old computers are nice and dependable. I *still* have (some 5
> years later) my Performa 6116CD that I used every day, and until
> recently put into storage. Now im gonna need to get it back out
> again, as my new core i7 machine wont do what I want it to.
>
> Apples (and computers in general) arent built the way they used to
> be, and i'd like to collect on whats out there now so I can have a
> reliable machine for the future.
>
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> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:20 PM, d.colvin d.colvin
> <d.col...@online.ie> wrote:
> 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.
>
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> jjv wrote:
> > It sounds like a scam to me
> > joe
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