I can see why some of the stuff would go for high prices- I've been trying
to find some old 30pin simms. not the type that clip into the current style
of connectors, but the ones with pins that you push into a SIL header of
some kind- In the end I had to buy an old computer just for 4 256k simms-
stuff like thats getting rare so I guess thats why the prices are going up.

Jon Baker
jon@hayseed.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Harrison" <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]:PC Auction


> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:00:27 +1300, you wrote:
>
> >Last night I went along to an auction of 500 lots of computers.
> >Hoped to pick up maybe one or two cheap low-end Pentiums
> >for messing about with. The lots on offer ranged from 120MHz
> >to 600MHz PII machines. all either 1998 or 1999 models, with
> >2-3GB empty drives, CD and sound cards (no speakers). Some
> >of them were marked as faulty and non-starting. I thought the
> >bids would be around NZ$150 (US$65) to possibly NZ$750
> >(US$315). In total amazement I saw bids of NZ$2000 (US$840)
> >and really started to think "hey, am I missing something ?" But
> >no, these PCs were exactly as described in the catalogue. Even
> >obviously broken PCs with missing parts were getting premium
> >prices (which attract 10% premium + 12.5% tax), pieces of crap
> >even I would consider tossing in the bin. Compared to what was
> >on offer in the local second-hand paper (www.t&e.co.nz) and
> >even what could could be built up from new retail parts, I just
> >couldn't believe how high the bidding went. Anybody else seen
> >this ? I'm having trouble understanding why on earth antiquated
> >machinery that's had day-in-day-out use for 4 years would fetch
> >such prices
>  Auctions can be funny like that, although I've rarely seen it at PC
> sales - most people seem to know what's junk and what's not - I'd have
> expected to see the sort of prices you were expecting - the prices
> they fetched were just insane!
> I don't think I've ever seen anything pre-Pentium 3 go for over UKP50!
>
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