Re: This pricing's crazy Message #3 Posted by D. Banks on 16 Mar 2001, 10:30 a.m., in response to message #2 by Paul Brogger
I don't think I'd be so crazy as to say that I've ever gotten a deal on eBay, but I have been pleasantly surprised at times.
I recently got an HP-80 for a price that wasn't great, but well within the range of what I'd pay a friend for one. The seller described it as being in good condition. When I got it, it was clear that it'd pretty much never been used. Probably a store display model. That was a nice payoff.
Mostly, I use eBay to fill in the not-so-easy gaps. Hanging around computer geeks, the scientific models have always been pretty easy to score (except for one guy who wanted me to pay him $500 for a badly used 55 - obviously I didn't). Financial calculators have been a whole 'nother story. Just doesn't seem like people hold onto those.
If/when my collection is complete, will I replace with models of better condition? I don't know. I do know that I'll probably never get an HP-70 (a shame because I first considered starting a collection back in the 70s when the 70 and its peers went on closeout) or HP-27. Just too expensive for my blood.
On the other hand, selling on eBay is a point well taken. I came into a busload of 67s a while back...
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