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| Thread ID: 28851 | 2003-01-03 01:42:00 | Your old 'puter may be worth something | robo (205) | Press F1 |
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| 110643 | 2003-01-03 01:42:00 | Don't get your hopes up about a PC Direct 386, but some older ones are worth big bucks now: technology.nzoom.com I don't think I am going to start stockpiling old ones, just in case. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 110644 | 2003-01-03 01:48:00 | Just in case that link stuffed up for anyone else, the correct one is here technology.nzoom.com -116,00.html | segfault (655) | ||
| 110645 | 2003-01-03 02:06:00 | Riches beyond the dreams of avarice. ]:) I've just looked for a value: my Osborne I portable is worth about $150. :O What a pity that they cost $1795, when $1795 was $1795 :-( (I didn't pay that ... about $20 for it and an IBM golfball typewriter). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 110646 | 2003-01-03 02:50:00 | I have fond memories of using a Tandy TSR80 in 1978... I don't have one but I wonder how common they are now. Now if everyone else throws out their Sinclair XZ81, mine might suddenly climb in value :p |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 110647 | 2003-01-03 03:16:00 | The whole question of value and what people are willing to pay for something is bizarre. I can't see how anyone can see the new All Blacks book that is selling for $500 as being an investment. It is manufactured pseudo-value at best. Just saw ads on Sky for A$2000 you can buy one of 200 cricket bats signed by the Aussie World Cup Cricket Team. Whoop de doo! Limited to 200 and maybe worth a bit if they win the Cup, but otherwise kept in the closet alongside every other World Cup bat and all the other caca. That being said, I would still be willing to pay $20 for a toy that came in a packet of cornflakes in the '60's because I thought they rocked when I was a kid. They sell for $50 or more (crater critters were my favourites). Probably cost 49c with a packet of cornflakes thrown in back then. It's all about supply and demand, I suppose. Although I don't think Adam Smith would have envisaged where we have got to now. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 110648 | 2003-01-03 06:35:00 | I can't see how someone would pay $20,000 (or whatever) for the personalised plate "1" . Its just a piece of metal with a printed 1 on it . Each to their own I suppose . We are a civilised society . We can pay silly money for all sorts of "rare" silly things . |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 110649 | 2003-01-03 07:37:00 | Well it would be nice to have a collection of old PCs. But yeah it can go overboard. I think buying something cheaply then it ending up being worth something is the way to do it. But actually dealing in them when they are worth something, seems like a waste of time to me. As for actually buying the collectors edition bats and the like, what a waste of time if you ask me. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 110650 | 2003-01-03 08:11:00 | > > That being said, I would still be willing to pay $20 > for a toy that came in a packet of cornflakes in the > '60's because I thought they rocked when I was a kid . > They sell for $50 or more (crater critters were my > favourites) . Probably cost 49c with a packet of > cornflakes thrown in back then . Robo - Is there a site you can go to to buy such Kornies packet toys? When I was a kid, I remember getting a little plastic submarine . You put baking powder in a little compartment and the sub floated up and down in the bath/basin . It was a most fantastic toy . I would love to find another . Now the only thing they seem to give away in Kornies packets are the odd driving license |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 110651 | 2003-01-03 09:27:00 | HAHAHAHA nice one Baldy :D | tango (2697) | ||
| 110652 | 2003-01-03 09:29:00 | I have an old Excel XT 8088 sitting in my closet, 512k of ram, 2 big floppy drives. We paid 500 bucker for it about 10 years ago. haha. | tango (2697) | ||
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