Rare Apples, eBay, Goodwill

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> > I know someone mentioned a "price
> > guide" at about $20 a pop; I'll try and include a few of those on next
> > years' budget.  I guess since -you- are the most likely people to buy
> > this sort of thing, how much would you be willing to pay?
>
> The price guide doesn't sound real practical too me, but maybe if you've
> got a few sharper people in a few of the stores....  I don't know
> accurate price guides are anyhow.  We don't really want Ebay type prices
> at Goodwill.

I suggested the price guide, and the price guide I specifically suggested
was Michael Nadeau's _Collectible Microcomputers_.  I assisted with the
editing of the pricing in that book, and I regularly appraise all manner
of computer collectibles for varied purposes, and I'm pretty sure everyone
here knows my feelings about eBay by now (summary: eBay bad), so it
should most certainly go without saying that the book does NOT proffer
"eBay" prices.

Looking up a computer model in a price guide and picking a price out of
the price range suggested, or in the very least using it as a general
guide for selecting a price is, I believe, a few steps below designing
rockets.

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