On Sun, 2026-02-08 at 10:11 -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Feb 7, 2026, at 5:10 PM, Ali via cctalk <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Van,
> > 
> > The equipment is way too big to ship economically and not valuable
> > enough to someone to make shipping worth it. I may list them on
> > eBay as local pickup just to reach a wider audience though....
> > 
> > -Ali
> 
> Just an observation: "too big to ship" is an opinion.  You may well
> be right, but it's also possible that a buyer might come along who
> has a different view and is willing to pay for shipping at a cost
> that you thought was too high.
> 
> A sale just requires a willing seller and a willing buyer, able to
> agree on a price acceptable to both.  

I've sold a lot of old stuff on EBay, not to make money but to force
others to bear the guilt of putting cool stuff in the E-waste bin.

Three that I think were actually used, for a while, were Atari 520 ST
and 1040 ST computers, complete with 14-inch monochrome (black and
white) 640x480 monitors.

>  paul
> 

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