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You're kidding me ? Message #1 Posted by Christopher Johnson on 3 Feb 2012, 9:05 p.m. Really? hp41cx on ebay And there is still time left. CJ

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #2 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 3 Feb 2012, 9:26 p.m., in response to message #1 by Christopher Johnson An average 41c and the CL board would be faster, better and cheaper then 450! D;-)

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #3 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 3 Feb 2012, 11:10 p.m., in response to message #2 by Geoff Quickfall A really NOS HP-41CX can certainly cost more than $450. However the unit offered on eBay is not even complete. There is no box, no manuals. Actually there's only the calc and the zipper case. The eBayer writes: "What you see is what you get" , so you might get that awful Sony Vaio keyboard, too;-) Ray

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #4 Posted by Christopher Johnson on 3 Feb 2012, 11:30 p.m., in response to message #3 by Raymond Del Tondo Quote: However the unit offered on eBay is not even complete. There is no box, no manuals. That's my thinking also. I have a super clean hp41cx with the manuals I am thinking of selling. I could call mine NOS and probably get away with it. I won't and I am not saying anything bad about this seller. All the best to them for anything they can get for it. I am just amazed how much the prices have gone up on this stuff. I should have held onto the stuff I sold years ago. Oh well hind sight is 20/20 as they say. CJ

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #5 Posted by bill platt on 4 Feb 2012, 1:33 a.m., in response to message #4 by Christopher Johnson If you TVM on it where you bought it new, you still would take a considerable loss...

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #6 Posted by M. Joury on 4 Feb 2012, 6:54 p.m., in response to message #4 by Christopher Johnson I have two truly brand-new-in-box never used with all manuals HP-41CX's. The only thing removed from the packaging were the batteries. The little boxes the batteries came in are still there. If I ever decide to sell mine I'll be sure to let you guys know about it but I wouldn't hold my breath :). Cheers, -Marwan

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #7 Posted by Namir on 4 Feb 2012, 7:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by Christopher Johnson The auction is being bid by a few newbies, which explains their determination to buy their first vintage HP calculator. Namir

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #8 Posted by aj04062 on 4 Feb 2012, 9:12 a.m., in response to message #7 by Namir I noticed that too. Could be rigging the auction as well...

Re: You're kidding me ? Message #9 Posted by Namir on 4 Feb 2012, 2:54 p.m., in response to message #8 by aj04062 Could be too. Some folks here who trade on TAS have developed techniques that hep them read through the cryptic jibber-jabber auction info and make an educated assessment if there was price rigging. No one is 100% sure. Namir

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