Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:16:19 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB]retto prices
>50 = ~ I sold my L50 a couple of months ago to a relative for $600AUD ($300USD) with the following, * items are what I consider to come with a 'stock L50 with standard accessories': - 2gb hard drive - 2 new battery packs (1 still sealed) plus * 1 older pack (good for 1:30 careful but continuous use) * Docking bar - Advanced port replicator * AC adapter - Overclocked to 100MHz - Fully installed with Win95 and Linux * All manuals * No missing pixels, no bad sectors on hard drive, no flatspots or cracks in the case, no scratches. But missing: * FDD I'd say the larger hard drive, APR and 2 new packs would have pushed the price about $150AUD based on eBay prices (deflated to take into account the fact that its bundled) but that the missing FDD would have dragged the price about $50AUD bringing my estimated 'stock L50 with standard accessories' price to about $500AUD ($250USD). I might have been able to get a better price if I eBay'ed it but remember to deflate the price appropriately to account for shipping, handling and general bother. I didn't sell the FDD because I needed it for my new L100 (but it keeps getting borrowed!). >100 = ~ I purchased my current L100 again a couple of months ago through the local community paper for a total of $875AUD (about $440USD) with the following, again the * indicates what I consider to be standard accessories or attributes: * 2gb hard drive - upgraded to 64MB RAM * AC adapter - (partially fried) APR * High capacity battery pack (almost 2 hours careful but continuous use, I'm told this came standard with L100's sold in the US though) * No missing pixels, no bad sectors on hard drive, no flatspots or cracks in case, no scratches. But missing: * FDD * Docking bar * Some manuals I'd say the cost of the missing docking bar would be more than compensated by the APR ... apart from the left hand PCMCIA slot it seems fine (right hand PCMCIA slots and USB ports work) so the price would have dropped perhaps $25AUD if it were with the standard docking bar instead of the APR. Again the missing FDD would have pushed the price about $50AUD so that brings my estimated 'stock L100 with standard accessories' price to $900AUD ($450USD). Again, perhaps it would have been a little more expensive if purchased through an international auction again due to S&H and general bother. Of course, these prices are what I would consider reasonable in Australia as of about 2 months ago ... looking at current prices for libbys in eBay, these would seem quite reasonable (although I wouldn't say they were the very best you could do if you were able to take advantage of the 'US only' sales) ... Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
