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Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #1 Posted by Sasu Mattila on 22 Sept 2013, 11:59 a.m. I finally succumbed to eBay and signed up a week or so ago. Now I have acquired, among others, these nice classics: HP-11C, HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-48GX. These will join my stable of HP-12C Platinum, HP-15C LE, HP-16C, HP-30B, HP-35S, WP-34S, HP-48G, HP-49G+, HP-50G. Still a few bids going on, might end up having some duplicates, and hope to win an HP-33S. For some reason the HP-10C and HP-15C are hard to get at a reasonable price. The HP-42S I found here in Europe, did not have to pay the exorbitant $300 American price. I am also adding a Sharp EL-506A to my collection, and hopefully the programmable EL-512, too. I have two EL-5103s since my student days. The Sharps are great calculators, too, in their own way. I will need to do a lot of calculating to justify all this computing power. Thanks, eBay, for ruining my credit position...

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #2 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 22 Sept 2013, 3:13 p.m., in response to message #1 by Sasu Mattila I can certainly join you in that same eBay extravaganza. About a year ago, I went on my own quest. Only, my quest veered towards Classics, Woodstocks and Spices. A pricey adventure to put it mildly!! Well, although very steeped in finances, I procured my own cottage museum HP-35, 45, 55 and 67 HP-21, 25C, 29C HP-32E and HP-34C. So, yes, I know the feeling!

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #3 Posted by Sasu Mattila on 22 Sept 2013, 4:47 p.m., in response to message #2 by Matt Agajanian Wow! Just found and bought a mint HP-21S for $35.

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #4 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 22 Sept 2013, 5:15 p.m., in response to message #3 by Sasu Mattila Nice!! Congratulations!

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #5 Posted by Paul Berger (Canada) on 22 Sept 2013, 7:53 p.m., in response to message #1 by Sasu Mattila With eBay it some time pays to be patient, I had wanted to get a 67 for a long time to compliment the 97 that sits on my desk, and watched many go by at a price I was not willing to pay, and then one evening when I was browsing through the listing I came upon a 67 in very nice condition, in a box with everything that shipped in the original package, plus the Games User Library Solution book and two issues HP digest that was being offer at a BIN price of $50 needless to say I snagged it. The only things wrong with it where the anticipated non-working card reader and one broken battery terminal.

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #6 Posted by Philippe Lasnier on 23 Sept 2013, 10:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by Sasu Mattila Good luck with your hunt, Sasu :-) Personally, I joined eBay back in 2008, and shortly afterwards started using it to quench my avid (some would say "rabid") thirst for old calculators (mostly HP ones). I built up quite a collection, but most of it went unsorted, and has been (metaphorically) gathering dust. I am now in the process of cleaning, sorting, and thinning the collection. Consequently I actually have many duplicates, which I will in the near future put back on eBay (or maybe post here if anyone is interested). Whatever people may object to with eBay, it's a marketplace with world-wide reach; and for collectors that's invaluable.

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #7 Posted by Maximilian Hohmann on 23 Sept 2013, 11:25 a.m., in response to message #6 by Philippe Lasnier Hello! Quote: ... (or maybe post here if anyone is interested) ... Always! Regards, max

Re: Joys of eBay: HP-32S, HP-32SII, HP-42S, HP-16C, ... Message #8 Posted by Julián Miranda (Spain) on 23 Sept 2013, 4:39 p.m., in response to message #1 by Sasu Mattila I joined eBay looking for slide rules, back in 2001. Maybe I'm too old but I understand your joy. Well, slide rules took me also to the museum and its forum, I think I will never thank enough this discovery.

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