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HP35 V3 Message #1 Posted by Orb on 19 May 2005, 10:28 a.m. Hi everyone, I'm looking into buying a vintage HP35 because these guys Hewlett and Packard designed a damn good calculator. What is a going price for one of these gems...the 3rd Version of it to be precise. Anyone ? regards, Orb

Re: HP35 V3 Message #2 Posted by Namir on 19 May 2005, 10:55 a.m., in response to message #1 by Orb Hi Orb, The fair price is about $75 on eBay. Nowadays many sellers are singing the high note and expect buyers to pay more. Of course if the buyers wait it out, prices will come down. Namir

Re: HP35 V3 Message #3 Posted by Orb on 19 May 2005, 11:11 a.m., in response to message #2 by Namir Interesting. Didn't these devices sell for $300 new back in '72? I figure $75 is a great deal if I can get it that low. thanks, ORb

Re: HP35 V3 Message #4 Posted by John Limpert on 19 May 2005, 12:23 p.m., in response to message #3 by Orb I think they were introduced at $395. By the time I had saved up enough money to buy one, they had dropped the price to $295.

Re: HP35 V3 Message #5 Posted by Jeff O. on 19 May 2005, 12:31 p.m., in response to message #3 by Orb Actually, the selling price upon initial release was $395. That would be about $1850 in 2005 dollars, so from that perspective $75 seems to be a good deal. Of course that neglects the fact that you can get a calculator that does everything the HP-35 did for about $5 now. The HP-35's current value is set solely by its collectible status. Before eBay, the price was much lower.

Re: HP35 V3 Message #6 Posted by Rodolfo Canet Castelló on 19 May 2005, 2:10 p.m., in response to message #5 by Jeff O. I got mine for about 70$ (V3) about four months ago. If you don't care that much about the version, there's a V4 for 25$ auctioned in eBay (I'm not related to the seller)

Re: HP35 V3 Message #7 Posted by marais on 19 May 2005, 4:42 p.m., in response to message #6 by Rodolfo Canet Castelló What's so special about version 3? Andreas

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