Whats it worth? Hmm... Well, I've still got my little beige number - my first Mac, purchased 2nd hand back around 87ish. I was going to say I wouldn't sell it for less than double what I paid (that was $2000 with 80MB ext. HD, btw), but then again on 2nd thought - I know it all sounds like hyperbole, but at this point I really don't think I would let it go for any price.
Call me nostalgic, romantic, whatever, but when you consider the fact that there's really no monetary "value" there, to me it seems silly to sell... especially if you've owned it since it was still on the market (ie functional and useful). Surely worth keeping, IMHO -- its value as "art"/history/nostalgia/conversation piece/ hell even as just a piece of 'furniture' is worth far more than the pittance it would garner at a sale of any kind. Nope, my Plus, SE30, and IIFX are happy right where they are - and they'll be there for a long while... ;) (and I just checked - they still work too!) On Mar 2, 12:33 am, Nicolas Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to share a little story of a Mac rescue, and then ask a > question regarding the item : ). > > A while ago I saved a Mac Plus from a friend who was clearing their > attic, and I have to say I was quite taken aback by the set; one > platinum Mac Plus, 40mb external SCSI drive, platinum keyboard, > platinum mouse, instruction manual and of course original OS/utilities > disks in their paper wallet. Amazingly, everything seemed in prime > physical condition. I was even more surprised when I booted it up to > that familiar chime and quickly booted to desktop off the SCSI drive. > After a bit more testing I found that all the floppies worked fine > too. According to the owner, they bought it new in '88 and used it > every now and then for word processing up to around 1995, when they > bought a Power Mac 8500 (which I was lucky enough to get as well). The > machine seems to be well enough looked after, and has no issues with > Capacitors or anything usually associated with Macs of that age. The > documentation and such is in great condition too. The only issue I can > see is that the keyboard is missing a '1' key. > > Now for the question - How much do you think it's worth in monetary > terms? I'm currently doing some clearing of my own, and I'm wondering > if it's worth selling (before you say anything, I have quite a nice > Beige Plus already, so I'm a little overloaded). I'd really only sell > the machine if it's worth anything real, otherwise it'll be bagged and > go back in the cupboard to put on some more value ; ). I'm assuming > that an original set (one owner) in such good condition must be worth > something. Hopefully you experts will be able to help out. > > Cheers, > Nick -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
