Ebay Madness

quarkx · November 21, 2009, 02:49 PM

Ok, so I have been watching Ebay.ca Daily for a while now. Some interesting auctions and notes for those that care:
There are 2 1551 floppy drives on now from Italy.
There was a keyboard for a Commodore LCD unit last week- it sold for $271 USD
The C116 Unit that was on last week sold for just over $182 Canadian or 113 Euros (again from Italy)
The CMD stuff seems to be way expensive.
The C128's jump all over from just $25 (with 1471 and boxed) to $65. A few are asking $150(BIN)

RobertB · November 21, 2009, 03:09 PM

Quote from: quarkx on November 21, 2009, 02:49 PMThere was a keyboard for a Commodore LCD unit last week- it sold for $271 USD

Do you have the exact auction number on that? I should ask CBM engineer Bil Herd if he knows anything about extra LCD keyboards.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

quarkx · November 21, 2009, 03:14 PM

Yes,
I e-mailed Bil Last friday about it, but he didn't get back to me yet. Auction number 120492020624. I see that C128 Developer unit went for $224

RobertB · November 21, 2009, 03:50 PM

Quote from: quarkx on November 21, 2009, 03:14 PMI see that C128 Developer unit went for $224

Oh, is that the one from my friend in Santa Clara, California? That C128 with Dave Haynie's autograph on the case?

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

quarkx · November 21, 2009, 04:16 PM

Yes, thats the one!

RobertB · November 22, 2009, 03:33 AM

Ah, I hope he was satisfied at what it sold for. Awhile ago I thought, "Hey, it can't be sold off... it's a developer's board." Then I thought, "Well, it's not mine. And it may go to someone who will fix it up and appreciate/study it more." So in the end, I thought, "Let it go... let it go."

Bernardos have a hard time giving up things,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

quarkx · November 22, 2009, 04:08 AM

How's this:
Original Apple 1 on Ebay right now. Starting bid is only $50,000 USD Auction:320451173813
Yes, you read that right $50K!!! Hurry, it won't last long

airship · November 22, 2009, 06:42 AM

Only 200 Apple Is were ever built - and they were all hand-built by Woz. They originally sold for $666.66 ($500 to dealers). I have no idea how many survive, but I can easily imagine 200 rich Apple maniacs in the world who would gladly give $50k to have one on display under glass in their corporate boardroom.

quarkx · November 23, 2009, 02:03 AM

It actually SOLD! to a bidder with 0 feedback, and it looks like it was not even working!

Andrew Wiskow · January 14, 2010, 04:45 PM

Quote from: quarkx on November 23, 2009, 02:03 AM
It actually SOLD! to a bidder with 0 feedback, and it looks like it was not even working!

While the auction price seemed excessive, like Airship said, it's quite a rarity, and there may actually be Apple fans out there that would be willing to pay that price. What seems fishy to me is the shipping charge for that auction, $3100.90 for UPS Next Day Air, or $3021.50 for USPS Priority Mail.

Pinacolada · March 11, 2010, 02:23 PM

Haw. New in box QLink disks, $300:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-QuantumLink-Software-Original-Sealed-Retail_W0QQitemZ150420287091QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2305bf6e73

quarkx · March 11, 2010, 02:28 PM

holy cheese and crackers!!!! wow, 300 bones for software you can't even use. I do wonder what the phone numbers now connect too... probably some milk farm in Iowa.

airship · March 12, 2010, 02:57 PM

Quote from: quarkx on March 11, 2010, 02:28 PM
holy cheese and crackers!!!! wow, 300 bones for software you can't even use. I do wonder what the phone numbers now connect too... probably some milk farm in Iowa.

Hey! Let's HOPE I don't get a bunch of screechy phone calls in the middle of the night from people trying out those QLink numbers! The lack of sleep might have a negative effect on my naturally sweet nature!

Pinacolada · March 17, 2010, 02:15 PM

Quote from: quarkx on March 11, 2010, 02:28 PM
holy cheese and crackers!!!! wow, 300 bones for software you can't even use.

Well, you can *sort of* use it:

http://jledger.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=qlink

Just needs some more content and more users.