On 8/27/03 5:30 PM, Chris Wood posted: >on 8/26/03 5:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> -- Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I thought Shreve Systems sold off 100% of their >>> Macintosh inventory to concentrate soley on their >>> Shreve Audio business? >> >> You know I thought that too. But I looked at their webpage and saw they >> had some parts I was really needing so I gave them a call. Apparently >> they're still around (I ended up ordering over $80 worth of parts for my >> rather diverse list of projects) and they showed up. They guy I talked to >> on the phone said they were still around and weren't planning on getting >> out of the Macintosh market. So I guess that's as definitive as it gets. >> >> David > >Shreve Systems should be called "Thieve Systems" > >Chris Wood
This was probably the first time I ordered anything from Shreve Systems. I picked up 25 copies of ClarisWorks at $1 each -- a deal no matter how you slice it with as many vintage Macs as I have to refurbish. I got a couple Newton MessagePad 130s at $29 each, along with nice cases for a couple bucks extra. Definitely bargain, and impressive old technology. I placed a second order with Shreve today, because my youngest son wanted his own Newton. Ordered 3 fax/modems for the Newtons as well. At $1 each, a steal. For the most part, Shreve's blowout prices are pretty good. But they're slow -- it took nearly two weeks for my order to arrive. And they charge through the nose for shipping, adding nearly 50% to the cost of the order. On the other hand, I sold over $400 worth of LC 630 systems at our garage sale, and if we have to substract the cost of a few copies of ClarisWorks and shipping to make a few of those buyers happy, it's still not a bad deal. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Life is too short to use anything but a Mac. -- Roger Ebert -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
