On Saturday 05 October 2002 02:46 am, Peter Elliott wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:21:07 +1200
>
> Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I went in today to Molten Media and was told by one of the staff members
> > that Monday evening's the final day and then if they haven't been sold,
> > the Sparcstations will be scrapped.
> >
> > So this is the final warning.  Anyone who wants a Sparcstation I, I+ or
> > II, or SLC, had better either turn up there on Monday and buy one.
> >
> > The Molten Media position on selling second hand hardware is that the
> > person making the sales has the final authority when it comes to pricing
> > the item, so :
> > the pizza box itself, no monitor, no keyboard or mouse, is $70.00, then
> > factoring the memory differences - most Is will be 40 MB, so that will
> > add about $10 to the price; the II will have $20 added, since it has
> > twice that memory.
> > With monitor, keyboard and mouse it's $300.00
> > With a SCSI HD it's $450.00
>
> this puzzles me - why so much for something that one would be saving from
> the scrapheap? just the curious
> pre
> and no offence intended

None taken.  I was quoted figures in that range being quoted in ebay when I 
first raised this matter on this list.

Then there's the rarity of the hardware - Sparcstations are nowhere near as 
common as Wintel PCs, so I feel that does justify a somewhat higher price.

You are free of course to negotiate it down.  In fact I'd expect you to do so.

Wesley Parish

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