After 3/4 of an hour I'd had enough....it was taking way too slow. It did have 
some funny moments though. I found it very amusing that people bought 70-odd 
copies of a computer game demo....oh dear!

How much did the notebooks go for? I was semi-interested in getting one, but 
decided to spend my hard-earned cash on a new 60Gb harddrive from Dragon. 

Simon


On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 09:11, Peter Cornelius wrote:
> For those who didn't go to the auction, but might be interested.
>
> The PII 300MH, 64MB RAM, 3.2 and 4.3GB HD systems, with 17 inch displays
> went for $255, inclusive of buyer's premium. Those systems which didn't
> sell as individual items went for $170 each as a bundle of multiples.
> Systems with 15 inch screens were knocked down for $175 as individual
> items. I didn't note what the quantity prices were.
> The 21 inch screens on their own went at $568. I thought that a 21" screen
> was a bit over the top so settled for a 17" to update my Linux PC.
> Software and games went between $1 and $8 for individual items or 10c or
> 20c each in multiples.
> The prices quoted are what we saw. The auctioneers were not very
> professional and we left after 4 1/2 hours as they were not then even half
> way through!
>
> Peter.
>
> Peter C.

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