RE: [Elecraft] K3 Lisa Edition - (High resale value?)

2007-12-04 Thread Darwin, Keith
I agree that in general I prefer high SN to low, but sometimes something special happens to make a particular series more desirable. Like when a company is sold to someone else. The items made under the original owner are usually better and more desirable. Or when the manufacturing ships from

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Lisa Edition - (High resale value?)

2007-12-04 Thread Bill W5WVO
LOL That's been done before. Anybody remember the short-lived Apple Lisa computer (~1979 I think)? Rumor had it that it was named after Steve Jobs' (or Steve Wozniak's) girlfriend. It was a complete failure in the marketplace for some reason. Long time ago... For whatever reason, it just wasn't

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Lisa Edition - (High resale value?)

2007-12-04 Thread Scott Manthe
The Apple Lisa's absurdly high price probably had some impact on the demand for it. $9,000 for a personal computer was a bit high for most people in 1980. 73, Scott, N9AA Bill W5WVO wrote: LOL That's been done before. Anybody remember the short-lived Apple Lisa computer (~1979 I think)?