Hi Michael - Thanks for your input. Helps me to keep grounded. Brent ............
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Michael Needham <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ > -- ----- 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/
