My 2 cents, being a collector, is that a lot of folks would like an SE 30 in mint condition. This does include myself. However, I personally could not justify more than $50 for such an acquisition. As has been stated, others may believe it to be worth more.
I recommend looking at Craigslist and see what similar machines are posted at. I echo the advice of asking what you feel the items are worth. Just keep in mind that vintage machines are not really a capital investment and that the market has no set pricing. I personally do not buy from eBay as I feel the prices are artificially inflated. The practice of quoting prices based on the ended auctions is price fixing. This is frowned upon by myself and others and it negatively affects my decision to buy from an individual. Auctions on the other hand will net the greatest proceeds. There is also AmiBay as a possible venue to sell your machines. Good luck to you. On Apr 3, 2012 6:39 AM, "James Fraser" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > >I have an original new in BOX Macintosh SE30. Anybody have an Idea > >what I shuld sell it for? Also a Powerbook 180 C, 270C, and 520C; all > >new in box. Any Idea what they are worth? > > This kind of question ("What is my vintage XYZ Mac worth?") seems to come > up > quite a bit on the VM list. The answer, as near as I can make out, is: > whatever > someone else is willing to pay for it. > > I apologize if that sounds flippant (it's not meant to), but the fact of > the > matter is that there is no hard-and-fast set of rules when it comes to > setting > prices for vintage hardware. One collector of vintage Macs might be > willing to > pay $20 for a machine that another collector would be only too happy to > pay $100 > for. > > The best advice I can give would be for you, the current owner, to ask > whatever > price -you- think they are worth. If the price you set is too high, then > you > won't get any takers. You can always adjust the price downward if that > happens. > > There's also the question of where you plan to sell these machines. If > you plan > to sell them via eBay, you might fetch a higher price than if you were to > sell > them on LEM Swap: > > http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html > > ...seeing as how eBay would likely put them in front of more eyeballs than > LEM > Swap would. The flip side being that eBay and PayPal are going to want a > percentage (someone who sells on eBay can step in here and elaborate on > what > kind of percentage) of whatever you end up getting for the machines, > whereas LEM > Swap costs nothing to list an item. > > > Which venue would work best is a matter of whether you're looking to fetch > top > dollar, or whether you want the machines to go to a good home. If the > latter, I > would say that LEM Swap is your best bet. > > I wish I could be of more help. Perhaps someday someone will sit down and > write > a Blue Book for old computers and peripherals. Would compiling such a > book be > worth the time and effort it would take? I don't know. Until that > happens, you > may want to do a "completed items" search on eBay to see what prices your > particular machines have fetched recently. > > Other than that, I'm afraid I'm all out of ideas. [shrugs helplessly] > > > Best, > > James Fraser > > -- > ----- > 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/ -- ----- 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/
