Rare Apples, eBay, Goodwill

[Chad Fernandez]

David H. Barr wrote:
> Trying desparately to bring this back on topic: what do you think a
> fair price would be for a 14 or 15" monitor?

Monitors: $5 for existing, $5 more for being clean, $5 more for a flat 
(trinitron) tube..... so $5 to $15 for a 15" and below.  I would 
consider that a movem on out price, which is what you'd want, I think. 
If I can find one at all, a 17" will get $30 to $40 easy.

> What about keyboards,

General crap keyboards $1 to $2, tops.  My local Goodwill stores have a 
set price for them, but I don't know what it is anymore.

IBM Model M, $5, more of it's a nice clean one.

> mice, assorted cords, old software?

I think my local GW has mice under a buck, but I'm not sure.  Software 
is usually on a few dollars, I think, but they keep it behind glass, 
now, and since it's mostly games I don't pay attention.  Cables are 
usually unpriced because they were supposed to go with the printer that 
someone already bought :-)  A buck or two probably.

> 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.  To me, Goodwill is sort of like a garage sale..... 
something maybe worth a lot, but if it's in a garage sale, the seller 
isn't getting what it's truly worth in the items proper market.

I know I've referenced my local Goodwill stores here quite a bit, but 
unless they're going through and chucking the stuff right off the 
shelves every other week, they're selling it.  Granted they do have some 
things that move slower than others, like earlier styled monitors.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA