HP Forum Archive 15

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Look !!! HP42S = or > $500 !!! Message #1 Posted by Gileno on 16 July 2005, 7:33 a.m. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5788434465&category=58039&rd=1

Re: Look !!! HP42S = or > $500 !!! Message #2 Posted by Namir on 16 July 2005, 9:30 a.m., in response to message #1 by Gileno Both seller and current high bidder have a zero feedback. Makes me wonder!!! Namir

MUST be dreaming... Message #3 Posted by Johnny Bjoern Rasmussen on 16 July 2005, 2:35 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gileno Amazing!!! Well - if one can get $500,- for a HP-42S, I really have a true fortune displayed in my collector rack. I will not be surprised to dream something like the below tonight, thinking about that ebay-auction. "Well - now it may be just the right time to put my fingerprints on ebay. They must be at least $300 worth, having held my hp-01, hp-10c, hp-12c, hp-..... Zzzzzzzzz.... Oh - my old desktop drawer, have contained about 12-15 different HP-calculators... Oh oh oh - my old school bag have held four different hp-calculators... AND my eyes have seen many many many HP-calculators... I might consider to donate them to a HP calculator collector, who just happens to have a couple of hundred thousand bucks laying around..." Sleep tight!

Re: Look !!! HP42S = or > $500 !!! Message #4 Posted by Howard Owen on 16 July 2005, 2:59 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gileno That is indeed outrageous. But I have noticed that the 42S goes for a fair premium on eBay compared to some other calculators. From playing with simulators and reading about the device, it seems like a nice machine. But why is it so pricey in general? It doesn't seem to be particularly rare, judging by the number of auctions.

Re: Look !!! HP42S = or > $500 !!! Message #5 Posted by Johnny Bjoern Rasmussen on 16 July 2005, 3:10 p.m., in response to message #4 by Howard Owen No - not rare here in Denmark. In my four-five years collecting HP's I have bought say 5 or 6 42S' for trading. The most expensive I paid DKR 300,- for. That is about $ 20,- or so. I was given one of them, as it had a small dark spot in the display, and others I had for DKR 150,- (about $10,-), wich is the amount I always tell people with hp calcs laying around, that I want to pay for it. I always tell them that it might be more worth on say Ebay, but they allways say something like; "Well - I know that my old calc will get a good home at your place, or at least at somebody else if you trade it away..." In Denmark you can ask almost any electronics engeneer graduated in the early nineties - 7 out of 10 have a HP-42S laying about some where... Cheers! Johnny Edited: 16 July 2005, 3:12 p.m.

Please use real links Message #6 Posted by John L. Shelton on 16 July 2005, 4:30 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gileno As a courtesy to the hundreds of us who read messages and try to follow links, please enter web links using the linking protocol, so we can just click, instead of having to copy/paste. A few extra steps by those who post will save hundreds of steps for the rest of us. Rather than: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5788434465&category=58039&rd=1 you could do: [url:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5788434465&category=58039&rd=1 ] With Dave Hick's new software, placing a link in your message is easier than ever.

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